Cryptocurrency

Treasury rejects MPs’ motion to treat crypto as gambling

The Commons’ Treasury Committee had 'strongly recommended' retail crypto trading be regulate as gambling

City minister Andrew Griffith said treating crypto as gambling would create a regulatory misalignment between the UK and other jurisdictions
City minister Andrew Griffith said treating crypto as gambling would create a regulatory misalignment between the UK and other jurisdictions Photo: Getty Images

The UK government has rejected the idea of regulating retail crypto trading as if it were gambling, a recommendation made by the influential Treasury Select Committee.

In a 14 July letter to the committee, City Minister Andrew Griffith said the Treasury “firmly disagrees” with the recommendation.

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