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    Home » Crypto News » UK Crypto Hub Ambitions on Rocks as Treasury Wants to Treat it as Gambling

    UK Crypto Hub Ambitions on Rocks as Treasury Wants to Treat it as Gambling

    Author: Martin Young

    Last Updated May 17, 2023 @ 13:47

    Britain’s plans to become a crypto hub are on the rocks as lawmakers have other ideas about how digital assets should be regulated.

    The United Kingdom has grand aspirations of becoming a digital assets hub, just as London already is for traditional finance.

    However, those plans are being thwarted by watchdogs and policymakers who want to take a heavy-handed approach to regulation.

    On May 17, it was reported that a panel of UK lawmakers said crypto assets should be regulated as gambling “given they are potentially used by fraudsters and pose significant risks to consumers.”

    The report from Parliament’s Treasury Committee added that cryptocurrencies are not backed by any currency or asset. This leads to “volatility in prices and the potential for all money invested in them to be wiped out,” according to Reuters.

    Crypto is Gambling, Not Finance

    It is a similar stance to that taken in the United States, where a number of policymakers have labeled digital assets as everything from ‘shadow banking’ to ‘casino chips.’

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    The UK Treasury Committee said regulating retail trading and investment in unbacked cryptocurrencies could create a ‘halo’ effect. This could lead to consumers thinking the activity is safer than it is or that they’re protected when they’re not.

    “We therefore strongly recommend that the Government regulates retail trading and investment activity in unbacked cryptoassets as gambling rather than as a financial service, consistent with its stated principle of ‘same risk, same regulatory outcome’.”

    Harriett Baldwin, chair of the Treasury Committee, labeled the industry a “wild west.” She said the events of 2022 highlighted the risks posed to consumers.

    In April, economic secretary to the UK Treasury, Andrew Griffith, said that crypto regulations will be rolled out within the next 12 months.

    The Views of Sunak and Bailey

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is keen to promote the country as a crypto hub but is facing a lot of resistance from the Treasury and Central Bank.

    Bank of England Governor, Andrew Bailey, has repeatedly argued that Bitcoin and its brethren have “no intrinsic value.” UK banks are also increasingly refusing to work with crypto companies and putting up barriers for their customers.

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    Martin has been writing on cybersecurity and infotech for over two decades. He has previous trading experience and has been covering developments in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry since 2017. Contact Martin: LinkedIn

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