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We are pleased to announce that AKJ has now become the first firm to receive MiCA authorisation in the Nordics, from the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (NFSA). This achievement speaks to the depth of our governance, risk, and operating framework and reflects an extensive effort to build smart, adaptable infrastructure for a rapidly changing world. Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) is the EU's legal framework for regulating crypto assets and related parties. The NFSA authorisation will now provide further clarity for AKJ's current activities, while establishing a pathway for a host of new initiatives within our crypto product. This will lead to both enhanced functionality for clients, and opportunities within new market segments. With MiCA now in place alongside our existing AIFM and MiFID licences, AKJ now operates with full regulatory coverage across Europe for both traditional and digital assets. Our deliberately robust, yet nimble, setup is designed to support today’s requirements and meet tomorrow’s expectations.

AKJ continues to serve as a thought leader for Financial Times within the world of crypto and AI. Oskar was recently featured in an article for Financial Times Ignites Europe, where he provides a grounded take on where AI can create lasting change and where human judgment and relationships will still matter most.

Oskar Åslund, our Chief Strategy Officer, was once again featured this week in the Financial Times. In the article “How tokenisation will disrupt fund governance”, he fires a shot at the practice of adding additional layers of oversight and control to meet increasing regulatory requirements. Rather, Oskar claims that trustless infrastructure should serve to simplify fund oversight, saying: “The practice of having intelligent apes as directors responsible for manual governance should ideally be eliminated entirely.”

Oskar’s article has been published in Financial Times’s PWM: “Cutting through crypto hype to reimagine movement of money.” He explores how stablecoins could play a fundamental role in the future of payments, supported by increasing regulatory clarity.

As Anders told Finansavisen: a bitcoin treasury strategy makes sense for larger companies with surplus liquidity – but for smaller players, volatility can hit operations and capital buffers hard. Our advice: if you would like exposure to bitcoin, buy bitcoin directly or use crypto ETFs. Avoid paying a hefty premium for “synthetic” bitcoin via listed companies. Keep it simple.

AKJ and Archax have issued a joint release announcing the launch of a secondary trading facility for AKJx on the Archax regulated "bulletin board". This is a significant step forward in building liquidity within the AKJ Ecosystem and provides professional investors with more opportunities to engage in the growing digital asset space.

AKJ was featured in the Financial Times regarding some big moves in the crypto market following President Trump's latest statements on a US strategic reserve for digital assets. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Cardano have all seen a significant price jump, reinforcing the growing institutional interest in crypto. AKJ's Chief Strategy Officer, Oskar Åslund, shared his insights with the Financial Times, calling this "the holy grail of the crypto market"—a shift that could redefine how digital assets are perceived globally.

AI agents are reshaping wealth management, and Oskar Åslund's latest article breaks it down. From real-time market analysis to autonomous portfolio management, these agents are revolutionizing finance. The potential for innovation is huge – it's time for the industry to take notice!

Today’s salmon-colored Financial Times features our Chief Strategy Officer Oskar Åslund sounding the alarm on the Trump and Melania memecoins. $TRUMP was launched by the president on Friday evening in the US and was followed on Sunday by $MELANIA. The total nominal value of both tokens initially surged over the weekend, with the president’s reaching $14.5bn and Melania’s hitting nearly $3bn. Oskar highlights a lack of checks and balances and concludes by saying that “there’s no protection for retail investors in this. He’s kind of above the law which is obviously also a scary thing.”