New Challengers Seek Election to UK Digital Currency Group Board
A non-profit organisation in the UK that counts some of the country's more prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and advocates will soon hold its first board elections. Ten candidates will stand for five positions on the board of the UK Digital Currencies Association (UKDCA) during the election, which takes place on 26th September. Paul Ferris, who leads the association's communications working group, said: "They're very important elections. They are the first elections of the board, the [current] board members have been acting so far as interim [board members] until we get the democracy....
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