Gaming pioneer Animoca Brands, founded in 2014, and asset manager Franklin Templeton, founded in 1947, are teaming up on the NUVA platform for tokenized assets.
Eurøpe Consortium brings together eToro, Schuman Financial and nine other firms to get euro stablecoins into practical use. Its first programme centres on EURØP. The dollar accounts for 99 per cent of the stablecoin market, the euro for under one.
54 percent of affluent Swedes hold crypto. Yet Sweden is the most cautious of seven markets in CoinShares' new survey: half are sitting on the fence, and the fewest have a wealth manager who includes crypto in the portfolio.
Businesses are increasingly using stablecoins for supplier payments, treasury management and cross-border commerce, according to new data from Visa. Business payments now account for about 17 per cent of volume on cards linked to stablecoins.
Done.ai is launching Done BNPL, a buy now, pay later option on business invoices, inside the Finago accounting system. The supplier is paid in full at once, while the buyer can pay over up to 36 months. The credit is provided by Sweden's Nordiska.
Oslo-listed bitcoin company Ace Digital reported a profit of NOK 6.3 million for the third quarter. Equity rose 19.3 per cent to NOK 39.1 million, debt is zero, and bitcoin exposure multiplied without the company buying any bitcoin.
CoinShares surveyed 2,230 affluent investors in seven countries about digital assets. Two in three hold crypto, at around ten percent of their portfolio, and only six percent invest for short-term gains. Yet few wealth managers recommend it.
Hilbert Group launches Enigma One, the first fund from the Enigma trading platform the company bought in January. The fund is market-neutral, capped at five million dollars and targets 40–60 per cent annual returns before fees.
Bitcoin is up more than 40 percent since June, and money is flowing back into the spot ETFs. Marco Poblete, Regional Director Nordics at Bitwise, is more positive – but says the recovery only convinces once buyers stay through a difficult week.
Sweden's GreenMerc has cut its running costs by about SEK 400,000 a month, and subsidiary Northcrypto posted an operating profit in July and August. The freed-up money goes to the banking product Trijo One.
German stablecoin issuer AllUnity launches USDAU, a dollar stablecoin issued under the EU's MiCA rules. Its business account also gains currency exchange between dollars, euros, Swiss francs and Swedish kronor via stablecoins.
Modal Labs, which rents out computing power to run AI models, is close to a US$750 million round led by Accel. The US$15.75 billion valuation is more than three times higher than in May. Its chief executive is Swede Erik Bernhardsson.
Chainlink is working on a solution that connects banks' systems to Swift's blockchain ledger for round-the-clock payments. Banks keep the keys that authorise transactions themselves, allowing them to retain their current security routines.
Swift is teaming up with national payment systems such as Spain's Bizum and Brazil's Pix to let consumers send money abroad using a phone number or email. Meanwhile, most of the banks on Swift's blockchain ledger have now used it.
Chainlink has launched CCIP 2.0, a new version of its standard for moving tokenised assets between blockchains. Banks and issuers can now add their own verification and customer checks, and choose how fast transfers settle.
IBM and Oracle want to connect banks' systems to Swift's blockchain ledger, so banks can offer tokenised deposits and round-the-clock payments without replacing their current payment systems. IBM's solution is in beta.
How can investors gain exposure to the stablecoins and tokenised funds that banks and asset managers are launching? In a free event on 7 October, Kaupr and Virtune address how regulated ETPs provide access through ordinary trading venues.
Tether and Circle are bringing USDT and USDC to bitcoin, Block lets AI agents pay in bitcoin via x402, and Lightspark and Visa link cards to balances in bitcoin and stablecoins. Bitcoin is being tied more closely to the wider crypto economy.
Safello is piloting a way for companies without a crypto business to offer customers crypto purchases in their own digital services, under Safello's MiCA licence. The first test runs in Sweden, with an external partner and on bitcoin.se.
Crypto broker Coinmotion, which offers services in Finland and Sweden, has chosen K33 as its partner for institutional trading. Both hold MiCA licences. K33 handles the execution of trades, while Coinmotion runs the client platform.
Mr. Andersen reveals his master plan to revolutionize Bitcoin access through H100’s innovative strategy, blending digital asset management and active BTC accumulation. Discover how Project Svalbard fits into his vision to 10x H100’s Bitcoin holdings.
K33 CEO Torbjørn Bull Jenssen shares deep insights on Bitcoin as money, the rise of Bitcoin treasury companies in the Nordics, and how K33's innovative Bitcoin Treasury Strategy powers its brokerage and lending ventures.
OKX is among the first global exchanges to seize new MiCA opportunities. In an exclusive interview, OKX Europe CEO Erald Ghoos explains how the firm is targeting the European and Nordic markets, combining global strength with local presence.
The Norwegian company Firi today stands out as the clear market leader among the Nordic crypto exchanges, with a strong base of active customers, impressive trading volume, and solid profits. But can Firi maintain its lead?
Inspired by Michael J. Saylor and MicroStrategy (now Strategy), a group of Swedish entrepreneurs and investors are setting up a similar concept in Sweden. The plan is to IPO Bitcoin Treasury Capital AB under the ticker BTC before midsummer.
In a video interview with Kaupr, CEO Emelie Moritz shares insights on how Safello can evolve from a crypto broker focused on trading to becoming a more complete financial institution, or a crypto bank. Kaupr attempts to put the puzzle together.
NBX has signed an agreement with Tieto Banktech for payment cards designed to let customers spend stablecoins directly in everyday life.
BlackRock says AI could drive new demand for stablecoins and blockchains as AI agents pay for services and computing power on their own.
21Shares launches exchange-traded products on Zcash and ether.fi on Euronext in Amsterdam and Paris, with an annual fee of 2.5 per cent.
The dollar dominates the stablecoin market. Danske Bank says European banks must build a euro alternative together through Qivalis.
Kaupr Weekly looks at how central banks, banks, fintechs and exchanges are building onchain, from the ECB's Pontes in Europe to DTCC on Wall Street.
NBX won MiCA authorisation in the first half of 2026, but income fell 45 per cent and its loss after tax widened to NOK 16.6 million.
Lithuania's Axiology is one of four operators that can connect tokenised securities to central bank money through the ECB's Pontes.
The ECB's new Pontes service lets tokenised securities settle in central bank money, and is the Eurosystem's answer to tokenisation.
Neither ESMA nor Sweden's Finansinspektionen will say whether crypto distribution under your own brand requires a MiCA licence.
GreenMerc withdraws the MiCA appeal for Ijort Invest and uses Finnish Northcrypto's licence to serve Swedish Trijo customers.
DNB joins CBMT, where European banks test tokenised bank deposits, bringing the Norwegian krone into the sandbox as a new currency.
Hilbert Finance takes in stablecoins from onchain depositors and puts the money into its loan book, through a partnership with Ember Protocol.
Goobit CEO Gustav Buder explains how the Futureproof savings platform is put together, and who customers trade with.
Kvarn Capital says the partner model with Sweden's Goobit falls outside both the agency ban and the outsourcing rules in MiCA.
Another Bybit executive has moved to Goobit. David Leeb confirms he is working on the new Futureproof venture.
Firi launches in Sweden this week, entering a market where about 1.1 million already own crypto and competition is intensifying.
Finland's Kvarn Capital lets Nordic companies sell crypto services on its MiCA licence. Goobit is the first customer to be made public.
Goobit raises SEK 25.1 million for its Futureproof savings platform. Nine million of it is net cash.
Goobit launches the Futureproof savings platform on Finnish Kvarn Capital's MiCA licence, after its own refusal from Finansinspektionen.
Valuno converts creditor claims into shares without raising new capital. One subscriber is owned by the chair of the board.
U-proof won Blockathon in Stockholm with a solution in which aid recipients themselves document that the help arrives.
Sander Andersen of H100 Group says bitcoin companies below one billion dollars must buy each other — standing still is the biggest risk.
Three of twelve finalists in the EBC12 Startup Battle in Barcelona are Nordic or Baltic. All three build infrastructure for other companies.
Denmark's tax minister speaks on crypto and taxation as the industry meets politicians in parliament on 17 September.
Bitcoinpolitisk institutt gathers researchers, industry and politicians in Oslo on Monday for a free seminar on bitcoin mining and Norwegian power.
Three Blockathon Stockholm finalists use blockchain to verify creators' content, Red Cross crisis messages and UNICEF aid delivery.
Goobit turns BTCX from counterparty into broker, citing MiCA. Reported revenue will be far lower, but gross profit is unaffected.
Tokenisation at Blockchain Sweden and the Blockathon hackathon final put blockchain on the agenda in Stockholm this week.
27 firms, among them Nasdaq, want the EU to scrap the DLT Pilot Regime volume cap and say the Commission's €100 billion ceiling is too low.
Swedish parties back blockchain broadly but are warier of Swedish stablecoins, Blockchain Sweden's election survey shows.
Norges Bank names twelve financial institutions in its tokenisation work, while Norway is the only Nordic country outside Qivalis.
Greenbridge becomes a liquidity provider in Sweden's Centiglobe Connect, letting banks exchange tokenised deposits for ordinary money.
Sweden's BTC AB will redeem B shares at 25 to 30 per cent below net asset value to raise bitcoin per share, without selling bitcoin.
Valuno group company QB Europe lost its appeal over the MiCA refusal in Sweden. Operations continue through licensed partners.
Anthropic launches AI agents for online stores but leaves payment with the store and partners such as Visa and Mastercard.
Christopher Kock, CEO of Virtune, believes the crypto market has bottomed out, driven by expectations of lower long-term rates in the US.
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can find unknown security flaws on its own. The same week, the company admits its agents took over a German wiki.
Stack by me wants to raise up to 20 million on Republic Europe after a loss of NOK 10.7 million and halved revenues in 2025.
AMC's chief says Robinhood's tokens circumvent US securities law. Robinhood rejects the demand to halt trading.
The IMF and El Salvador agree on a US$140 million loan after purchases of bitcoin with public funds stopped.
Sweden's tax agency demands SEK 48.1m from Valuno Group, arguing Gibraltar profit is taxable in Sweden. The company is appealing.
Sweden's Hilbert Group has rebuilt itself from asset manager into a broader platform, and the half-year loss stems largely from that rebuild.
Norwegian TV personality Svein Østvik hosts a conference for the Nordic XRP community in Oslo on 5 September.
Azpire Capital launches a Danish crypto fund for professional investors, with a model taking both long and short positions in the market.
Central banks must go onchain themselves, and stablecoins cannot replace central bank money in settlement, says the ECB's Isabel Schnabel.
Kaupr Weekly looks at what became of the fifteen Nordic companies that put bitcoin on the balance sheet, after the premium disappeared.
Norway's NBX wants to become a bank in Latvia and has registered a Riga subsidiary applying for a banking licence in the EEA.
K33's revenue more than halved in the second quarter. It has won a MiCA licence and taken it into Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany.
The transition period for the introduction of MiCA in Norway is likely to be extended by six months to June 30, 2026.
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