Crypto miner Hive expands data center operations in Sweden

The cryptocurrency mining company Hive Digital Technologies revealed plans to expand its global presence through a new acquisition of property and a data center in Boden, Sweden.On Nov. 27, the company announced that it's entered a property transfer agreement with Turis AB to take over the ...

Swedish Bitcoiners targeted by armed criminals

Criminals in Sweden are specifically targeting prominent local Bitcoin figures, which appears to be the result of ease of access to personal information and residential addresses in the country.Reports from Swedish media outlets LT and Aftonbladet have linked separate robberies in Rön ...

EU needs further efforts to implement crypto regulations: Btc. x CEO

Christian Anders, the CEO of Btc. x has said that despite the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) being signed into law, the European Union (EU) might need to do a lot of more lobbying of different regulators in Europe and work with the different governments.In an interview with Cointelegraph, ...

Sweden Cancels Tax Breaks for Miners, Increases Electricity Tariff for Cryptocurrency Mining

The Government of Sweden recently announced its plans to cancel tax breaks for miners and significantly increase the electricity tariff for cryptocurrency mining by 58 times. The cost of electricity for mining will go from $0.0006 to $0.035 per kWh, and the benefits will be lifted starting in Jul ...

Swedish Central Bank Explores Governance and Programmability of State Stablecoin

The Riksbank, Sweden's central bank, recently released a report detailing the findings of its third round of experiments with its state stablecoin. The report primarily focused on the governance and programmability of the digital currency. Riksbank's researchers emphasized that the digital kro ...