Blockchains have gained a more mature reputation in Sweden, and interest is growing across finance, academia, and politics – yet Blockchain Sweden’s new industry report shows that the Swedish public continues to cling to myths about anonymity, crime, and speculation.
This is the second year that Blockchain Sweden has produced an industry report covering a range of topics. This year’s report was presented to a packed audience at Redeye in Stockholm on Tuesday evening. Edward Leo (pictured) presented the main findings, while Pehr Granfalk moderated a panel discussion. You can find more content about Sweden’s blockchain industry on this landing page.
The report describes a clear shift: the tone of meetings with banks, investors and government has gone from “not on my watch” to “teach me, I will understand.” SEB's foray into the stablecoin cooperative Qivalis is highlighted as an important symbolic act, and more institutions will now understand blockchains as infrastructure — not just speculation. Het bedrijven bieden dat deze curiositeit is rarely followed by actual decisions about banking, investments or policy priorities.
One of the most tenacious notions is that blockchains connect to anonymity and hidden transactions. In practice, transaction history on open blockchains is permanent, public and traceable — the chain itself is an immutable log that allows money flows to be followed in more detail than in many internal banking systems. This reality is familiar among specialists, but filters to a small extent into broader political and media risk assessments.
Several industry players say that crypto as a means of payment is still automatically triggered as a risk signal in parts of the public. O resultado é que os seguros de acétrices regulados, infraestructura B2B ou soluciones para la sectora pública está oftentimes treated as “guilty until proven otherwise” in the face of banks and policy makers. Dit.
MiCa, stablecoins a. Dit reinforces the impression that blockchains are primarily about trading and speculation, although the report points to a number of other uses: document flow, insurance, supply chains, real estate, intellectual property and digital evidence between identified actors. På samma tid, the industry is pointing to new fields where blockchains are connected with AI and IoT to ensure trust in complex interaction environments — far removed from the image of the “crypto casino”.
Het rapport dat mediekoverzicht has become more nuanced than a few years ago, with less one-sided focus on scandals and courses. Há. Het industrie therefore believes that the Swedish public has become both more curious and better informed — but at the same time is still stuck in myths that were formed during the early speculation phase.
