This week’s news that the UK government will seek to regulate digital currencies made waves in the local startup community.
The UK Treasury report , revealed on Wednesday as part of chancellor George Osborne’s annual budget , outlined plans to curb criminal activity via AML (anti-money laundering) regulation and allow digital currency companies to opt-in to standardised consumer protections following May’s election. The government also proposed injecting £10m into research on digital currencies as part of its larger pledge […]