UK Lobby Groups Push Blockchain in US Tech Bridge Deal

UK industry groups are calling on the government to include blockchain in a forthcoming “Tech Bridge” agreement with the United States, warning that exclusion could weaken Britain’s role in setting global financial standards. Bloomberg reported the appeal ahead of President Donald Trump’s state visit. UK Lobby Groups Step Up Pressure In a letter to Business Secretary Peter Kyle dated Thursday, a coalition of a dozen trade bodies representing finance, technology, and crypto urged that distributed ledger technology sit as a “core strand” of the UK-US Tech Bridge. The groups also sent the letter to Economic Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby, who oversees the government’s crypto approach source: https://beincrypto.com/uk-lobby-groups-blockchain-tech-bridge/