Why a Norwegian Billionaire Is Betting on Bitcoin's Positive Environmental Potential
Aker’s new Seetee division is out to prove bitcoin can be a force for positive environmental change.
Mar 18, 2021
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Aker’s new Seetee division is out to prove bitcoin can be a force for positive environmental change.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper, and this week’s special product launch, NEM.
Today on the Brief:
- Followup on the FOMC meeting
- $3.1M for an anonymous team
- Could we finally see a bitcoin ETF?
Our main discussion: Aker ASA’s new Seetee bitcoin division. NLW explores:
- Why a Norwegian billionaire is buying into bitcoin
- Why the move is part of a larger institutional shift
- Why Seetee founder Kjell Rokke believes bitcoin can spur positive environmental change
See also: Norway-Listed Aker to Put 100% Bitcoin in Treasury Reserves of New Investment Unit
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HOST
Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
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