{"id":2782,"date":"2026-05-13T18:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btchel.com\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:35:32","slug":"welcome-to-the-nordic-node-a-newsletter-from-btchel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btchel.com\/fi\/welcome-to-the-nordic-node-a-newsletter-from-btchel\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Nordic Node, a Newsletter from BTCHEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Your No. 1 Place for What\u2019s Bitcoining in the Nordics!<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are rolling out our biweekly newsletter, specifically focusing on the Nordics! BTCHEL is already the biggest Bitcoin conference in the Nordic countries, and as an effort to dominate the media landscape (and educate our fellow northern brethren in the orange art), we&#8217;re launching a media empire. Goal? &#8220;Become the most impactful Bitcoin media in the Nordics.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019re already the most impactful Bitcoin event in our region. Now we\u2019re increasing our focus on digital media, too, in order to deliver the best possible physical events for our attendees.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Remu <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/btcbenchmark\/status\/2046239279999827986\">dropped the full story<\/a> the other week, together with what else is cooking in Helsinki:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time to report in on what we\u2019ve been up to at BTCHEL. When I\u2019m heads-down building, my posting slacks. So here we go, no hype, pure results:<br><br>1. I held my first <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcQCdtaMto\">https:\/\/t.co\/bcQCdtaMto<\/a> workshop at the BTCHEL Hub, co-organized with investor club Falco. ~30 attendees, all TradFi\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r41NUCp5GY\">pic.twitter.com\/r41NUCp5GY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Remu \u26a1\ufe0f (@btcbenchmark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btcbenchmark\/status\/2046239279999827986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every other week, the Nordic Node collects the best, snarkiest, most interesting Bitcoin news from our Nordic latitudes \u2014 from the 54.35\u00b0N of southernmost Denmark to the far, frigid realms of Ross\u00f8ya, Svalbard (80.50\u00b0N). We cover all things Bitcoin across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and, of course, Finland, home to our great benefactor and the largest Bitcoin conference across these lands. <em>(Some have said it might even be the best Bitcoin event out there\u2026)<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For today&#8217;s inaugural newsletter, we have two stories of quirky bitcoin coverage in tradfi Scandinavian media: <strong>First<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dn.se\/kultur\/stockholms-litteraturmassa-infor-egen-valuta-fokus-pa-den-tryckta-boken\/\">Dagens Nyheter<\/a><\/em>, Sweden&#8217;s largest newspaper, telling its readers that the spending vouchers given out at <a href=\"https:\/\/litteraturmassan.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Litteraturm\u00e4ssan<\/a>, &#8220;litcoins,&#8221; were <em>not at all like bitcoin<\/em>!<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Second<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalbanken.dk\/media\/3brf4t4n\/citizens-exposure-to-crypto-assets-remains-low.pdf\">Denmark&#8217;s central bank<\/a> is shocked to learn that no more than 4% of Danes confess to owning &#8220;crypto-assets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-wp-context---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::{&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-wp-init---core-fit-text=\"core\/fit-text::callbacks.init\" data-wp-interactive data-wp-style--font-size=\"core\/fit-text::context.fontSize\" class=\"has-fit-text wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sign up for the Nordic Node <a href=\"https:\/\/btchel.com\/fi\/#sign-up\">t\u00e4ss\u00e4<\/a> and follow along our journey!<\/strong><br><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Seen any Nordic-relevant Bitcoin news you think we should cover? 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