Øystein Stray Spetalen has reportedly "heavily" invested in the MiraiEx crypto exchange and bought large amounts of Bitcoin. Norwegian crown billionaire Øystein Stray Spetalen has “heavily” invested in both Bitcoin (BTC) and the local crypto exchange MiraiEx - after bashing crypto just last week. Spetalen recently bought an undisclosed amount of BTC and invested in the Norwegian cryptocurrency exchange MiraiEx. By its own account, the platform didn't need any new capital at the moment, but admitted that additional funding will help it expand faster. “We didn't really need any money. We just wanted to grow faster, ”said the stock exchange spokesman. Meanwhile, Spetalen's opinion of Bitcoin was the complete opposite last week. On March 18, he said the cryptocurrency was "hostile" to the environment, claiming that regulators in the EU should outright ban it. “The only thing I have analyzed is that Bitcoin today uses as much energy as all of Norway's...