Crunchfish received the prestigious award with the following citation from the jury: "The Focused Innovation award recognizes breakthrough projects or technologies that solve a specific challenge in digital currency or payment infrastructure with transformative potential. The organization recognizes Crunchfish for combining practical central bank pilots with a strong vision for offline and quantum-safe CBDC resilience." 

The other shortlisted companies in the category were the French company Idemia, and Taler Systems from Luxemburg. This award represents another validation for the innovative way of Crunchfish rethinking payments.

The CB+DC Conference 2025 continues today and tomorrow, when participants will exchange insights, showcase innovations, and set priorities for the future of digital currencies.

Click here to know more about Crunchfish participation on the Conference.

For more information, please contact:

Joachim Samuelsson, CEO of Crunchfish AB

+46 708 46 47 88

joachim.samuelsson@crunchfish.com 

This information was provided by the above for publication on 10th September 2025 at 08:30 CET.

Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance AB is the Certified Adviser. Email: ca@vhcorp.se. Telephone +46 40 200 250.

About Crunchfish - crunchfish.com

Crunchfish is a deep fintech company pioneering a Digital Cash solution that enhance resilience, scalability and interoperability in payment ecosystems. The patented offline payment architecture supports both payment network providers and payment service providers in both commercial payment ecosystems as well as evolving CBDC initiatives. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, Crunchfish drives innovation to shape the future of payments.