Crypto Trading Should be Regulated as Gambling: UK Lawmakers

A panel of cross-party British lawmakers has recommended trading of 'unbacked crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ether be regulated as gambling.

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Mastercards Europe head defends card fees amid UK regulatory probe

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Stablecoins Need to Be Regulated Like Commercial Bank Money, Bank of England's Andrew Bailey Says

The central bank governor also said regulators can't rule out central bank digital currencies as the U.K. explores a digital pound.

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CBDC Can Be Bridging Asset Between Bitcoin, TradFi: Bank of England

Can CBDCs and Bitcoin ever coexist? The Bank of Englands CBDC lead Katie Fortune thinks so. Asked during a panel at the Citi Digital Money Symposium about how potential state-issued central bank digital currencies CBDCs would coexist with Bitcoin or asset-backed stablecoins, Fortune said that the BoE sees a mixed ecosystem of different forms of []

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Bank of England says a digital pound more likely than not

Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, told a Parliamentary Committee that a retail digital pound is more likely than not

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Bank of England Developing a CBDC That Will Respect Privacy?

The Bank of England has published a technology working paper wherein it lays out its ideas on a future digital pound. User privacy is being considered. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are the future of financial transactions according to most central banks and governments across the world. More than 100 central banks are in various []

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