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Finance

Digital Pound Foundation Launches to Push for UK CBDC

The Bank of England has also set up forums to explore a digital currency.

The Bank of England said it will buy bonds to try to put the brakes on a developing financial crisis in the U.K. (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

Finance

Soccer NFT Platform Sorare Is Being Investigated by UK Gambling Regulator

The United Kingdom Gambling Commission wrote that Sorare may have to register as a licensed gambling operator.

Sorare NFTs (Sorare)

Finance

BVNK Aims to be Crypto Bank in All But Name

The digital-asset platform wants to appeal to mid-market clients who fall between retail customers and multimillion-dollar institutions.

London (Shutterstock)

Finance

DeFi Custodian Trustology Gets Green Light From UK’s FCA

The march toward institution-friendly DeFi continues.

The offices of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in London. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Bank of England Unveils CBDC Forum Members, Including Reps From Asos, PayPal and Spotify

The formation of two forums was announced in April to explore a potential UK CBDC that would exist alongside cash and bank deposits.

The Royal Exchange. (QQ7/Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Exchange CoinJar Secures UK FCA Registration, Advocates For License in Australia

CoinJar UK joins a growing list of 10 other registered “cryptoasset firms,” including Gemini Europe Ltd.

(Josh Appel on Unsplash)

Policy

UK Parliament’s House of Lords Launches CBDC Inquiry

The deadline for responses on a possible U.K. central bank digital currency is mid-October.

U.K. Houses of Parliament (TTStudio/Shutterstock)

Finance

UK Post Office to Offer Crypto Purchases to Some Customers Starting Next Week

Users of the Post Office’s EasyID identity-verification app will be able to buy crypto using a voucher system from Swarm Markets.

UK post box, pillar box, mail.

Videos

UK Post Office to Offer Crypto Purchases to Some Customers Starting Next Week

Beginning next week, the U.K.’s Post Office will offer users the ability to purchase crypto through its identity-verification service, EasyID, using a voucher system from Swarm Markets. Some suggest the integration may expose more people to decentralized finance (DeFi) through Swarm’s yield farming offering.

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Policy

Token Issuers Need to Be Brought ‘Firmly Within Our Reach,’ FCA Chair Says

Charles Randell was speaking about regulating token issuers and the threat they may pose to vulnerable people by promoting speculative investments.

The FCA's website.