Tag: sweden

The anti-globalist right has taken control of the Swedish parliament, which is a very good sign for individualism and decentralized governance.“Fed Watch” is a macro podcast, true to bitcoin’s rebel nature. In each episode, we question mainstream and Bitcoin narratives by examining current events in macro from across the globe, with an emphasis on central banks and currencies.In this...

Inflation is on the rise in many parts of the world. On Wednesday, The U.S. Federal Reserve reported a CPI inflation of 7.0% for December. Following this trend, the inflation rate of the Swedish krona SEK rose to 4.1% in December, a strong increase from November’s inflation rate of 3.6%. These levels of inflation have not been seen since December 1993, almost 29...

A SPAC, or Special Purpose Acquisition Company, is a company that has no commercial operations and is formed strictly to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring or merging with an existing company. SPACs have been around for decades, but have seen a Cambrian explosion in recent years. In 2020, 247 SPACs were created in the U.S....

The financial regulatory authority said that some aspects of cryptocurrency assets are problematic.

In Sweden, financial and environmental regulators want to ban PoW mining. Unfortunately, they forgot to add Vattenfall to the email. And Sweden’s biggest green energy power company categorically rejected their claims on national public television. Ouch. This is a real-life example of the game theory that protects Bitcoin. And more evidence that proves that...

Sweden's central bank governor Stefan Ingves stated that Bitcoin is unlikely to continue escaping regulatory oversight as it responds to Bitcoin's growing popularity.The growing popularity of Bitcoin has led the governor of Sweden's central bank to state that the peer-to-peer digital cash system is unlikely to continue escaping regulatory oversight, reported...

Sweden's Riksbank said it would continue work with Accenture on a potential e-krona digital currency until next year.

While the Riksbank appears keen to launch the e-krona, bankers are worried about how the digital currency might affect their industry.

The Sweden-based exchange says it aims to list on Nasdaq's First North Growth Market next year.

Less than 10 percent of Swedish transactions are made in cash.

Sweden, one among the most cashless society is moving closer to launching its own sovereign national digital currency. The Swedish government is starting feasibility trials in the form of a review which was launched on Friday as reported Bloomberg. The trials will be lead by Anna Kinberg Batra, a former chairwoman of the Riksbank’s finance The post Breaking: Sweden Starts trials For National...

Sweden's central bank has begun to study the feasibility of moving the country to a digital currency.