Cryptocurrencies

(asked on 23rd February 2018) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to recognise digital currencies as (a) legal tender and (b) as a financial instrument.


Answered by
John Glen Portrait
John Glen
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 28th February 2018

The Government currently has no plans to recognise digital currencies as legal tender or to propose designating them as financial instruments.

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