Crypto Regulation UK style?
The rumors have been flying that the UK Treasury is looking into digital currencies and how to create some form of legal net for these currencies. The UK Treasury is asking for information on new digital currencies from the public, law enforcement agencies and financial regulators. However, most of these people do not know what digital currencies are. That is why the UK government is giving the hand of friendship toward the Bitcoin community ( kind of). According to our information, the UK Treasury will be looking at examples of regulation in other countries, but will make up their own....
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