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Good morning, I'm Anders Fjell, and this is Nordic Crypto.

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Here are the week's biggest stories from the Nordic crypto
world.

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This week: Norway's minister says crypto mining in data
centres is not widespread.

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Sweden's central bank looks at an e-krona.

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And Apple and BlackRock in the bitcoin headlines.

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Norway's digitalisation minister, Torgeir Micaelsen, told
the Storting in a written answer that crypto mining in data

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centres is not widespread.

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The register shows mining at eight of 113 data centres.

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The government is assessing a temporary, limited ban,
subject to EEA law.

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Ságat reported the answer.

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TV 2 reports that five people are on trial in Oslo District
Court over a home robbery in which the robbers demanded two

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million dollars in crypto.

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One posed as a food courier.

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The five are charged, and have not been convicted.

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In Sweden, Riksbank deputy governor Per Jansson told Reuters
that Sweden should prepare for a possible e-krona, pointing

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to the digital euro and stablecoins.

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No decision has been taken.

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Hurbra reported the interview.

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Dagens Nyheter reports on criticism after Israel's prime
minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested crypto could help get

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around possible sanctions.

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The Bank of Israel replied that cryptocurrencies cannot
serve that purpose.

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Realtid reports that Apple has asked a US court to dismiss a
lawsuit from three investors who say they lost one point

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eight million dollars through a fake bitcoin wallet app in
the App Store.

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Apple says it cannot be held responsible for outside
fraudsters.

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And BlackRock has filed for a bitcoin fund designed to limit
losses, ticker P-BIT, Kryptovalutaguiden reports.

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The filing is incomplete, and the shares may not be sold
until it becomes effective.

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Finally, the Bitcoin Ordinals art project Tiny Vikings
planned to unveil what it calls the world's largest Tiny

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Viking in Marfa, Texas, on the 22nd of October, according to
its event page.

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That's all for issue number four.

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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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I'm Anders Fjell.

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See you next week.