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.

Ken Villum Klausen and two former Lunar executives take Repodo out of stealth with €8.2 million behind them. The authorised audit firm is built around

K33 raises its effective bitcoin exposure by up to 92 bitcoin through an option agreement at Canadian company Sixty Six Capital.

Only two of eight themes concern finance when the FirstBlock-athon hackathon gathers developers in Stockholm in September.

A liquidity move in the US, fresh hope for crypto legislation and a technical breakout coincided and lifted bitcoin out of its summer trading range.

Bybit's Nordic lead Gustav Buder becomes CEO of Goobit, which runs Sweden's first bitcoin exchange BTCX and has been denied a MiCA licence.

Sweden's Bitcoin Treasury Capital pays Europe's first bitcoin-backed dividend on 19 August, a fixed 10 percent annual yield on its preference share.

Bitcoin sits near $64,000 after six months without direction. K33 and CoinShares say the level is attractive and the bottom may be in.

Both H100 and Hilbert Group have hired hedge fund veterans as chief investment officers to manage bitcoin actively.

Peter Warren brings 45 years from traditional markets into derivatives trading on H100 bitcoin.

The Nordics' largest listed bitcoin company brings in a new CEO from the firm it just acquired, strengthening its technology team.

Listed Hilbert Group opens its first bitcoin fund for deposits onchain, through the Syntetika fund platform on Base.

Frank Schuil says Safello holds all the trump cards in Sweden after MiCA, even as second-quarter revenue fell 33 percent.

Sander Andersen has long said bear markets are for those who act. Now H100 has completed a deal that triples its bitcoin holdings.

Kaupr and FirstBlock are entering a partnership around the blockathon in Stockholm in September.

Bitcoin Suisse staffs up in the Nordics with two general managers, six weeks after securing a MiCA licence from Liechtenstein.

K33 takes over management of Canadian Sixty Six Capital and can now manage the two companies' bitcoin holdings more jointly.

The blockathon in Stockholm now has six partners, from technology and learning to responsible AI and industry organisation.

Sweden's Goobit, which operates the crypto exchange BTCX, receives another rejection of its MiCA application and takes the case to court.

X launches X Money for Premium subscribers in the US, with a deposit account, a Visa card, fee-free payments and up to 6 percent interest.

A new study by two KTH students shows why crypto exchanges and brokers are targeting banks and institutions rather than retail customers.

Samsung confirms native stablecoins in Samsung Wallet but names no issuer, blockchain, market or launch date.

Telegram plans to give over a billion users their own fee-free crypto wallet, called Gram Wallet, according to founder Pavel Durov.

Fati Hakim wants to move the Nordic blockchain conversation to how the technology can solve problems far beyond finance.