{"id":253363,"date":"2018-03-23T09:25:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T07:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=253363"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:27:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T07:27:25","slug":"uk-forms-cryptocurrency-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cryptocurrency\/253363-uk-forms-cryptocurrency-task-force.html","title":{"rendered":"UK forms cryptocurrency task force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom has announced the creation of a specialised crypto-assets task force, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethnews.com\/uk-announces-cryptocurrency-taskforce-australian-fintech-partnership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ETHNews<\/strong><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The task force comprises the Bank of England, HM Treasury, and the Financial Conduct Authority, and aims to investigate the risks and applications of blockchain technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government also said it would create a &#8220;UK-Australia Fintech Bridge&#8221;, with the aim of evolving fintech industries in both countries.<\/p>\n<p>Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said the creation of the fintech bridge and cryptocurrency task force would ensure the UK remains &#8220;at the cutting edge of the digital revolution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cryptocurrency\/253317-bitcoin-slumps-after-warning-from-japan.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bitcoin slumps after warning from Japan<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom has created a specialised crypto-assets task force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":225478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44696],"tags":[26758,49591,34531],"class_list":["post-253363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-bank-of-england","tag-cryptocurrency-task-force","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253371,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253363\/revisions\/253371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}