Cryptocurrency

Treasury rejects MPs’ motion to treat crypto as gambling

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

Thursday 20 July 2023 at 11:48

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.