Latvia central bank opens to fintech with ‘Innovation Hub’
The Bank of Latvia has been quietly stepping up its game in providing assistance to fintech projects while employing the latest emerging technologies internally.
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Privacy prevails and cypherpunks write code at Baltic Honeybadger
The Riga cypherpunk reunion convened around the Lightning Network, privacy and a strong anti-CBDC sentiment.
The state of crypto in Northern Europe: Hostile Scandinavia and vibrant Baltics
The Nordics remain a cold place for crypto, but Estonia still leads as the public blockchain adopter.
Latvian Extradited to US for Wire Fraud Involving Crypto Investments
A Latvian national has been handed over to the United States where he is accused of fraud through several companies offering false crypto investment opportunities. Ivars Auzins will appear in…
Latvian Artist Threatened With Prison for Money Laundering Through NFTs
An artist from Latvia is under investigation for allegedly selling NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, to launder money, for which he may get up to 12 years in prison. The authorities…
Independent Russian News Site Meduza Raises Over $200,000 in Crypto
Pressure from the Kremlin and sanctions from the West have forced Russian news outlet Meduza to increasingly rely on cryptocurrency donations to fund its independent journalism. As the restrictions imposed…
Google Trends Study Shows SHIB Is the Most Popular Crypto in the UK
22 days ago, Bitcoin.com News wrote about a Coin Insider trends study that combed through Google Trends data in the United States. According to the report, dogecoin was the most…