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Good evening, and welcome to Nordic Crypto.

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This is issue number two, with the Nordic crypto news from
the 5th to the 12th of October, 2026.

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Tonight: proposals in the Storting to pause new data
centres.

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Sweden's financial watchdog names thirty more suspected
fraud firms.

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And new EU anti-money-laundering standards that touch
crypto.

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The Red Party has proposed in the Storting a temporary halt
for new data centres, with a licensing regime.

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It argues that crypto-mining data centres get power ahead of
local industry.

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None of the proposals singles out crypto.

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That's from Stortinget.

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Socialist Left Party members have also proposed a pause on
new data centres and a national licensing system, and ask

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the government to report on how the Storting's call for a
crypto-mining ban will be followed up.

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This is a proposal, not a decision.

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In Ságat, the data-centre company Arctic Core says it uses
crypto mining to earn income during a test phase, but argues

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this does not change the character of the building it has a
permit for.

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Finansavisen reports that customers of the Norwegian
exchange Firi bought 16.1 million kroner more crypto than

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they sold in September.

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Bitcoin was the top buy.

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Kaupr reports that Ace Digital, listed on Euronext Growth
Oslo, made an unaudited third-quarter net profit of 6.3

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million kroner, and says it now has no debt.

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Nyheter24 reports that Finansinspektionen has warned against
thirty more firms operating without a licence, some offering

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trading in crypto.

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That brings this year's warnings to 227.

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And Finansinspektionen reports that the EU's
anti-money-laundering authority, AMLA, has sent three draft

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technical standards to the European Commission.

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They include rules for crypto-asset service providers, and
still need the Commission's adoption.

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That's all for issue number two.

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Every story, with a link to the original source, is at
nordiccrypto.no.

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Nothing here is investment advice.

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From all of us: good night, from the Nordic Crypto team.