The British parliament acknowledged cryptocurrency as a regulated financial instrument this week, in a further move to make the UK a “cryptoasset technology hub”.
In 2021, then Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced his support for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), saying banks across the world were looking into what a digital
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