An ominous looking letter received in the mail

via Cryptocurrency News & Discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11k2qyi/an_ominous_looking_letter_received_in_the_mail/ Today I received a thick envelope, very official and legal looking, from New York (I live in London, UK). It must have cost maybe $10 in postage and god knows how much in other fees to get it to me. Honestly I was a little worried as it looked like bad news. Upon opening […]

Nationwide – UK Update

via Cryptocurrency News & Discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11jude2/nationwide_uk_update/ Hi all, This is just a quick update to say that Nationwide is now not crypto-friendly. They sent out a general email to all customers to that effect and, more irritatingly for me, have shut down all my accounts. They've provided no reason for doing so, but given that they did an 'account review' […]

Hi, totally new to Crypto so please don’t bite my head off, I’ve just got some questions?

via Cryptocurrency News & Discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11izy7z/hi_totally_new_to_crypto_so_please_dont_bite_my/ Hi, I've been thinking about possibly getting into Crypto but would like some advice, mainly to do with wallets, I've read fully about the Zengo and personally I do not trust it for multiple reasons, one being that it uses facial and also half the key is stored on servers and some other things […]

The UK government is hiring for the head of their CBDC programme. The pay is dreadful and the project is doomed.

via Cryptocurrency News & Discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11ivky1/the_uk_government_is_hiring_for_the_head_of_their/ The UK government is/was hiring for a role entitled "Head of Central Bank Digital Currency", evidently a hiring to accelerate their mission to release a digital CBDC version of the British Pound, as suggested here. There is one problem however, the position's pay caps out at £66.5k. Admittedly, this is more than I earn, […]

Nationwide (UK bank) restricts crypto payments

via Cryptocurrency News & Discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11f80zg/nationwide_uk_bank_restricts_crypto_payments/ Not an outright ban, but max limits of £5000 daily with a debit card and no purchases with a credit card. Not going to effect a lot of people I guess as bank transfer is still open. But an interesting development. Statement as follows: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who regulate the financial services […]