Iceland may replace smallest banknote

The Central Bank of Iceland has revealed that it is considering replacing the 500 kroner banknote with a coin and discontinuing the 1, 5 and 10 kroner coins, the three lowest value coins in its series. The Bank’s annual report published last week explained that due to the fact that inflation has remained at a…

Iceland’s Auroracoin virtual currency giveaway

In an effort to restore some of the value of the Icelandic krona, entrepreneur Baldur Friggjar Odinsson has created Auroracoin, a virtual currency similar to the Bitcoin system, and intends to distribute digital coins to all 333,000 Icelandic citizens. The Auroracoin website describes the virtual currency as: “a cryptocurrency for Iceland. It is based on litecoin…