Hunger for bitcoin grows in Scandinavia as regulatory approach evolves

Hunger for bitcoin grows in Scandinavia as regulatory approach evolves

This week sees perhaps Scandinavia's biggest bitcoin event yet. The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) will host a conference discussing the future of the cryptocurrency, and 250 people have reportedly signed up. Just how healthy is the Scandinavian bitcoin community? The Scandinavian region (encompassing Sweden, Denmark and Norway) is seeing its fair share of action, both from regulators and from startups. Michael Grønager, COO of Payward (which is the company behind Kraken), is located in Denmark, which also plays host to bitcoin payment processing firm BIPS. That country has its own....


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