GreenMerc cuts costs by SEK 4.8 million a year, Northcrypto is profitable and the money is directed towards the banking product Trijo One.

Sweden's Safello is testing a way for companies without a crypto business to offer customers crypto purchases under Safello's MiCA licence.

Crypto broker Coinmotion has chosen K33 as its partner for executing larger trades, in a partnership between two MiCA-licensed Nordic companies.

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.

GreenMerc withdraws the MiCA appeal for Ijort Invest and uses Finnish Northcrypto's licence to serve Swedish Trijo customers.

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.

Goobit turns BTCX from counterparty into broker, citing MiCA. Reported revenue will be far lower, but gross profit is unaffected.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Goobit AB is appealing Finansinspektionen's MiCA rejection. The company says FI didn't assess them closely enough as an individual business.

NBX is building banking infrastructure with Tieto Banktech, a new step in its plan to become a regulated digital asset bank in the Nordics.

Crypto exchange BTCX continues operating despite MiCA rejection. The Swedish FSA confirms to Kaupr that BTCX can remain open until July 23.

The majority of crypto users choose self-custody over MiCA platforms when major exchanges pull out – potentially making the path back much shorter.

The Swedish FSA rejected Goobit Group's (BTCX) MiCA

K33 is rolling out its platform across the Nordics and Germany after passporting its MiCA authorization, opening the door to Europe's largest crypto m

Goobit CEO Christian Ander is weighing the way forward after the MiCA rejection – including the possibility of seeking a licence in Norway.

Kraken is considering a European banking license via Lithuania—treading the same regulatory path Revolut took in 2018 to gain full market access to th

The Swedish FSA has not yet officially confirmed the rejection of Goobit/BTCX's MiCA application, and Kaupr has sent several questions to FI.

What is the outcome after Goobit and BTCX received a MiCA rejection? According to Kaupr's sources, operations have been minimal for some time.

K33 is awaiting word from partner Goobit/BTCX on the way forward, after the exchange lost its right to conduct customer activity under MiCA.

Finansinspektionen has rejected Goobit AB's MiCA application, and the company is now evaluating the path forward for Goobit and BTCX.

GreenMerc routes Swedish crypto customers through a Finnish-licensed sister company, as its Swedish MiCA licence bid is rejected and appealed.

MiCA's transition period has ended, and Swedish authorities clarify which crypto companies may continue operating in the country.

NBX has been granted a MiCA licence by Norway's Finanstilsynet and can now offer regulated crypto services across the entire EEA market.

Binance risks losing its regulatory footing in Europe after withdrawing its MiCA application in Greece without naming a new applicant country.

Bitcoin Suisse secures a MiCA licence from Liechtenstein, targeting high-net-worth and institutional investors across the EEA.

Safello, Firi and K33 have secured MiCA licences. The battle over professional clients — institutions and private banking — begins across the Nordics.

MiCA regulation is pushing smaller crypto services out of the market, and now Sturle Sunde's Bitmynt is shutting down.

Binance risks being shut out of the EU market from July 2026 if its MiCA application is rejected — an early test of the EU's new crypto rules.

K33 has secured a MiCA licence and plans to use it as a platform for growth across the EU/EEA, as more Nordic crypto firms gain regulatory approval.

Goobit is still awaiting MiCA approval from Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority, as the company reports widening losses and a change in accunting

The Nordic region's largest crypto exchange posts profit for the second year running and sets its sights on Sweden.

Switzerland's SIX is tightening requirements for crypto custodians behind exchange-listed products — opening the door to new Nordic entrants such as N

OKX is launching regulated crypto derivatives with up to 10x leverage for retail and institutional traders in Europe.

Deutsche Börse's investment in Kraken this week is the latest in a series of deals between stock and crypto exchanges.

German exchange operator Deutsche Börse has acquired a 1.5 percent stake in crypto exchange Kraken for $200 million.

The board of Norwegian Block Exchange states in its 2025 annual report that the company expects to achieve a positive operating result

Charles Schwab is launching direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for its 39 million customers in a phased rollout beginning in the second quarter

Crypto platform Coinmotion is now launching Swish and direct bank transfers in its app,

Frank Schuil is making a comeback as a top executive at Safello, with a clear goal for the company to become the preferred partner for institutions

With a new tokenization platform, Polymarket data and an ownership stake in OKX, NYSE builds a digital asset layer beneath Wall Street

Firi is now preparing to enter Sweden under the leadership of Country Manager Ted Scheiman

Marte Eriksen Skoglund is stepping down as COO of Firi, a year after taking on the role. She is moving on to new opportunities beyond fintech

On Friday, Goobit founder Christian Ander appeared live on Kaupr TV to elaborate on a new M&A strategy for the Nordic crypto market

Goobit Group AB today announced a strategic M&A and partnership initiative aimed at consolidating and strengthening the Nordic crypto market

In today's results presentation, Torbjørn Bull Jenssen spends the most time on the bitcoin strategy — K33 does not scale down, but doubles down.

Four leading crypto exchanges and platforms are partnering with Kaupr on Kaupr TV Live. BTCX, Bybit, Coinmotion and K33 all enter as seasonal partners

Despite the headwinds, Swedish GreenMerc is sticking to its ambition to become a modern, regulated niche bank bridging crypto and traditional finance

Crypto firm K33 more than doubled its revenues in 2025, reaching a total turnover of SEK 2.2 billion.