Sweden

2 digital currency exchanges under probe in Sweden over AML compliance
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31 October, 2021

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.
Sweden central bank partners with local bank for CBDC trial
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3 June, 2021

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
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21 April, 2021

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
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12 April, 2021

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
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21 February, 2021

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’
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11 January, 2021

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...