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Johan Colliander reports for Realtid, a Swedish tech outlet, that post-MiCA, lots of analysts and politicians thought Nordic banks would start letting customers buy bitcoin.

But what they actually is this 👇🏻

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Report: https://www.realtid.se/bors-finans/bank-fintech/fran-krypto-till-bolan-storbankerna-satsar-pa-blockkedjor/?utm_source=BTCHEL&utm_campaign=290f356f7a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_08_19_11_37&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-290f356f7a-16265899&mc_cid=290f356f7a&mc_eid=8660c9839e

🚀 A massive thank you to @Cake Wallet for stepping up as an Innovator Tier Sponsor of BTCHEL 2026!⁠
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Cake Wallet is designed to be a piece of cake to use. They believe financial safety should be easy and accessible to everyone and they remain committed to building innovative tools that protect your digital assets and empower your financial freedom.

Cake Wallet offers an open source & non-custodial platform, meaning that you have complete control over your private keys and digital assets as well as a built-in exchange, easy payments and other advanced features.

We’re proud to have Cake Wallet as a partner in advancing privacy focused solutions.

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🚀 A massive thank you to @nprofile1q... for stepping up as an Innovator Tier Sponsor of BTCHEL 2026!⁠
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Founded in 2014 by cypherpunk legend @Adam Back
, inventor of Hashcash (the proof-of-work system cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper) Blockstream is one of the longest-standing Bitcoin infrastructure companies in the world.

Its work spans the full stack: the Liquid Network sidechain, Core Lightning, Jade hardware wallets, enterprise mining, and Bitcoin protocol research, including a recent proposal to bring post-quantum security to Bitcoin. With over $650M raised and a valuation north of $3 billion, Blockstream remains one of the most influential forces building on Bitcoin.
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We’re proud to have Blockstream as a partner in advancing Bitcoin infrastructure and sustainability 🧡

Check them out: http://blockstream.com

Speaker announcement 💥 ⁠

Meet Frederik Vyncke!⁠ ⁠

Frederik Vyncke is the co-founder and CEO of Prosperity Digital, a Swiss firm running renewable-powered Bitcoin mining and dense computing operations, with work extending into waste-heat recovery and Bitcoin-backed finance. He has been active in Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing since 2015, after 15 years managing projects and operations across manufacturing, transport, and data centres. He also serves as Vice Chair of the European Bitcoin Energy Association.

BTCHEL - the largest Bitcoin conference in the Nordics.

Dates: 25. - 26. September 2026
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🎟️ Grab your tickets at http://btchel.com/tickets ⚡️

🚀 A massive thank you to terahash for stepping up as an Innovator Tier Sponsor of BTCHEL 2026!⁠

@Terahash.space is a German company based in Augsburg, specializing in Bitcoin Mining and sustainable Energy Infrastructure. As a spin-off of the family-owned Kläger Group, terahash combines industrial expertise with innovative digital energy solutions.

The company designs, builds, and operates Micro Datacenters that integrate seamlessly into existing energy systems, using excess and renewable power efficiently. The Industrial Heat Pump by terahash utilizes wasted heat and contributes to sustainable urban and industrial heating solutions.

Beyond infrastructure, terahash offers Bitcoin Workshops for Companies/B2B, providing hands-on education and strategic guidance to help businesses understand and integrate Bitcoin confidently.

We’re proud to have terahash as a partner in advancing Bitcoin infrastructure and sustainability. 🧡

Check them out: http://terahash.space

Speaker announcement 💥 ⁠

Siim Land is an Estonian best-selling author, longevity expert, and biohacker whose YouTube channel and eight books on fasting, metabolic health, and human performance reach a large global audience. His flagship book, The Longevity Leap, distills more than a decade of research into slowing biological aging. He ranks among the slowest-aging people tracked on the public Rejuvenation Olympics leaderboard.

BTCHEL - the largest Bitcoin conference in the Nordics.

Dates: 25. - 26. September 2026 ⁠

🎟️ Grab your tickets at http://btchel.com/tickets ⚡️

“Your groceries aren’t becoming more expensive; your money is becoming less valuable. Your supermarket is not the problem; your central bank is.”

- Saifedean Ammous

This is a big one! ‼️

One of the arguments we hear against Bitcoins security is the threat of quantum computers. And we must give it to them, it is one of the strongest arguments.

However, the people contributing to the security of Bitcoin are cypherpunks. Do not undermine the cypherpunks.

These are the people who have always been at the forefront of online privacy. The movement stems from a deeply libertarian philosophy, rooted in principles of decentralization, individual autonomy, and freedom from centralized authority.

In this years BTCHEL we'll cover this topic with: @Adam Back , the OG cypherpunk who invented Hashcash which is directly used in Bitcoin mining.

Hunter Beast , a Rust and Bitcoin developer best known as the primary author of BIP 360, a major proposal designed to protect Bitcoin against future quantum computing security risks.

@Luke de Wolf , a hardcore cybersecurity consultant and the author of Defending Bitcoin: Industrial-Grade Cybersecurity for the Monetary Grid

If we can counter the argument of quantum, what will be the next thing "stopping Bitcoin"?

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Speaker announcement 💥 ⁠

Meet Christoffer De Geer, the CEO and co-founder of BTC AB, a Swedish listed company holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet, and one of Sweden's earliest Bitcoin voices since 2013. He brings BTCHEL 2026 a front-line view of how Nordic public companies build Bitcoin treasuries, from the first Bitcoin-backed preference share to the realities of running a listed Bitcoin balance sheet.

BTCHEL - the largest Bitcoin conference in the Nordics.

Dates: 25. - 26. September 2026 ⁠

🎟️ Grab your tickets at http://btchel.com/tickets ⚡️