Good morning and welcome to a special weekend edition of Kaupr Today!

This weekend we published Episode 4 of Kaupr Weekly — our deepest Nordic dive yet: Sweden's first private digital krona, a 37-bank European consortium, and Norway's biggest bank making a strategic bet that may be smarter than it looks. Today the Nordic Blockchain Conference kicks off in Stockholm — we will be there all week, covering it live. And if you have not yet joined Kaupr Onchain, our free membership platform, now is a great time.

♦️ Episode 4 of Kaupr Weekly: Stablecoins on a Nordic agenda — listen below.
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♦️ NBC Stockholm starts today — we will be there all week.
♦️ Explore our Payments & Infrastructure hub — 8 stories and growing.

Have a great day and happy listening!
Morten

Step inside our Payments & Infrastructure hub on Kaupr — where news and analysis keep piling up. Here are some of the major stories you will find right now:

♦️ Why DNB Opted Out of Qivalis

♦️ Qivalis grows to 37 banks: All of the Nordics are in — except Norway and DNB

♦️ "Sweden the perfect starting point for a Nordic stablecoin"

♦️ Stablecoin neobanks are building a new kind of consumer bank

♦️ Circle makes micropayments possible for AI agents

♦️ The payments stack is being rebuilt with stablecoins

♦️ Lightspark and Marcus launch global payments platform

More on the hub - and more to come!

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Morten Myrstad
Founder & Editor