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[2016-11-18] Sweden's Central Bank Pondering the Blockchain to Issue Digital Money

Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:40 pm

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Sure, it is no news that money has long become digital. The plans to issue an “eKrona”, as the deputy governor of the Riksbank disclosed this week, however, are still exciting.

Mrs. Skingsley stated that the Riksbank is thinking about issuing a digital Krona - the “eKrona”. Since the usage of cash has dramatically dropped in the North European country, where the amount of coins and notes in circulation has reduced by 40 percent since 2009, this decision seems to be obvious; if the “real” Krona is no longer used, you need a digital version of the Swedish currency...

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