Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics

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Join us for a discussion on the risk of opaque, foreign or malign influence entering UK politics via cryptocurrency donations. Overview As cryptocurrencies become more integrated into the global financial system, questions are growing about how their use could affect the integrity and transparency of political finance. Much of the debate has focused on whether political parties should be permitted to accept donations directly in cryptocurrency, but direct donations represent only part of the risk. Cryptocurrency can also be used at an earlier stage to move or conceal funds, before being converted into fiat and entering the political system as an apparently permissible donation. A new research paper, written by RUSI Senior Research Fellow Eliza Lockhart https://www.rusi…

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