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

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