Sweden
BIS wraps up cross-border retail CBDC ‘Project Icebreaker’
The Bank for International Settlements’ "Project Icebreaker" project delved into the benefits and risks of launching retail central bank digital...
Israel, Sweden, Norway collaborate on retail CBDCs to offer instant cross-border transactions
Retail CBDCs could solve cross-border friction, but Yaron admitted that several challenges remain, including enforcing AML rules and possibly pushing...
Sweden central bank partners with Israel, BIS on ‘Project Icebreaker’ CBDC test
Sveriges Riksbank is also partnering with Norway in Project Icebreaker to test the viability of CBDCs in international retail and...
Swedish Energy Minister: We need energy for more useful things than block reward mining
The minister believes that as power becomes scarcer in Sweden, the country may have to make difficult choices, and BTC...
Riksbank wary of digital currencies and stablecoins: report
Throughout the Cryptoassets and their impact on financial stability report, Riksbank expresses its fears regarding digital currencies and how they...
2 digital currency exchanges under probe in Sweden over AML compliance
The Swedish financial regulator seeks to determine how the digital currency exchanges comply with the requirements on anti-money laundering provisions.
