Sweden
Sweden central bank partners with local bank for CBDC trial
Handelsbanken, considered to be one of the oldest and largest banks in Sweden, has emerged as the first participant in...
Sweden’s central bank predicts a CBDC in five years
The governor of Sweden’s central bank has issued a five-year time frame within which he expects the country to have...
Sweden central bank concludes first phase digital currency trials
The main obstacle encountered during the trial was scalability, which it identified as a potential bottleneck to adoption, according to...
Sweden extends central bank digital currency trial for another year
A trial of Sweden’s e-krona will be extended for another year to 2021, in a bid to better understand the...
Craig Wright on COVID-19: ‘Cot death in the nanny state’
In his latest blog post, Dr. Craig Wright explores the effect a laissez-faire system has had in regard to the...
Swedish bankers fear for deposit base as e-krona plans develop
Swedish bankers are weighing up the risks of a digital currency to their deposit base, as plans for the rollout...
