Cryptocurrencies

(asked on 23rd May 2022) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2022 to Question 1257 on Cryptocurrencies, if he will provide the 2022 estimate for the proportion of UK adults holding money on crypto exchanges who give their reason for buying cryptocurrencies as a gamble to make or lose money.


Answered by
John Glen Portrait
John Glen
This question was answered on 26th May 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority plan to re-run the UK cryptoassets consumer research later this year.

There is currently no 2022 estimate for the proportion of UK adults holding money on crypto exchanges who give their reason for buying cryptocurrencies as a gamble to make or lose money.

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