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Opinion: Is UK an outlier on crypto?

Montage with Gavin Stewart and the FCA building
GRIP Montage: FCA/Private

Regular columnist Gavin Stewart considers why divergence may not be as significant as it first appears, but also why it may turn out to be more important.

I hadn’t intended to write about crypto again for a while. But IOSCO’s recommendations on the regulation of crypto and digital asset markets strike such a different tone and emphasis to the recent HM Treasury consultation that I wrote about recently, that it would be remiss not