UK may have crypto regulation within a year, says senior minister
The lawmaker said the regulation will need to be both “pragmatic” and “proportionate” to ensure economic growth is maximized. The United Kingdom could lay out digital asset regulation within 12 months a British lawmaker claimed, saying the country wants to capitalize on the benefits that blockchain can bring to the private sector and economy. In an April 17 CNBC interview, Andrew Griffith, the economic secretary to the U.K. Treasury said the long-term vision is to “let firms make the most of the opportunities from crypto assets” with sound crypto regulation. For the first time in “decades,” Griffith claimed the U.K. government is now well-positioned to regulate crypto in a “pragmatic” and “proportionate” manner and appeared to make reference to the U.K.’s exit from the European Union: “I think over the next 12 or so months is the window. We've got this great asset in the U.K., we've got control back of a rule book — not something the U.K. has had for decades — so we've got...