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UK Must Act Quickly to Ensure Fintech Lead, Encourage Crypto: Treasury Report Urges
The U.K. Treasury report highlights the need to launch a new regime for the regulation and administration of crypto assets.
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UK Investors Can Now Integrate Their Crypto Holdings With Their Bank Accounts
Users will be to use the Money Dashboard app to access their balances and transaction on wallets and exchanges.
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UK Broker IG Group Stops Retail Crypto Derivatives Trades After FCA Ban
The firm said it has now reached its internal product limit for exposure to cryptocurrencies after an FCA ban on crypto derivatives in January.
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PayPal’s Crypto Products Coming to the UK in Months
The U.K. will be the first market outside the U.S. for PayPal's crypto products.
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Former UK Cybersecurity Chief Says Laws Are Needed to Stop Ransomware Payouts
“People are paying bitcoin to criminals and claiming back cash” via insurance claims, Ciaran Martin said.
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UK's FCA Warns Investors of High-Risk Crypto Investments and Scams
The Financial Conduct Authority said investors in cryptocurrency products offering high returns should be prepared to lose "all their money."
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UK Trade Negotiators Eye Blockchain Provisions in Coming US Trade Talks
The U.K.'s trade negotiators want to set the pace for global blockchain regulation in its upcoming free trade talks with the United States.
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Retail Investors Aren't Interested in Crypto Derivatives, Says eToro Executive
eToro isn't too worried about a potential U.K. ban on crypto derivatives, its U.K. managing director told CoinDesk.
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UK Telecom Regulator Wins Grant to Study Blockchain
The U.K.'s communications regulator, Ofcom, received £700,000 to study potentially using blockchain in managing the nation's 1 billion phone numbers.
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The UK Government Is Launching a Cryptocurrency 'Task Force'
The U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, will reveal a "crypto assets task force" Thursday. It will tackle the tech's risks and benefits.
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