09/12/2022
🇬🇧U.K WELCOME YOUR NEW CRYPTO
FRIENDLY P.M.
🚀After a race for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Secretary
of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development affairs Liz
Truss defeated former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and
will be the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Boris Johnson, who served as the prime minister since 2019, will be
on his way out of office, leaving Truss as the party leader.
🚀During her time in office, Truss advocated for an anti-regulatory
approach to digital assets, saying in 2018 the U.K. "should welcome
cryptocurrencies in a way that doesn't constrain their potential." In
her role as Secretary of State for International Trade, she also
launched a digital trade network in 2020 that promotes fintech firms,
among other measures