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Sweden
Sweden’s Central Bank Chief Wants 'as Little Bitcoin as Possible' in Country's Financial System: Bloomberg
“It’s an instrument that is impossible to value, and in practice it’s based on pure speculation," Riksbank Governor Erik Thedeen said.
Sweden Drives Final Nail Into Its Bitcoin Mining Industry With Tax Hike
The 6,000% increase in taxes per kilowatt hour of energy may "ultimately destroy the industry" in the country.
BIS Says 'Hub-and-Spoke' Cross-Border Transfers Offer Benefits to Retail CBDC
The system is designed to offer users the best foreign-exchange rates and faster transactions while allowing central banks to keep almost total control of their currencies.
Binance Wins Seventh Approval in Europe, Registers With Swedish Regulator
The registration in Sweden follows those in France, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Cyprus and Poland.
Hive Earned Equivalent of 184 BTC From Curtailing Its Power Use in December
The miner has also installed the first Buzzminers, computers it designed using Intel's new bitcoin mining chip.
Europe’s Last Bitcoin Mining Refuge Is No Longer Viable
Miners moved to northern Norway and Sweden to avoid high energy costs. Now, power prices are surging there, too.
Ripple Builds New Partnerships in France and Sweden Despite Crypto Bear Market
Ripple inked deals with Paris-based payment provider for online marketplaces Lemonway and Swedish money transfer provider Xbaht.
Miners Take Off for The Great – and More Profitable – North
Bitcoin mining in most of Europe is now “impossible” as energy costs soar but miners are increasingly seeking refuge in the northern reaches of Norway and Sweden.
Central Banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden Team Up to Explore Retail CBDC
Results of the project, run by the Bank for International Settlements, are expected in the first quarter of 2023.
Governments May Restrict Foreign Access to Their CBDCs, Riksbank Official Says
Not all countries “play nicely” with each other, complicating how central bank digital currencies will interact with other payment systems, said Cecilia Skingsley, first deputy governor at the Swedish central bank.
