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John Wilson, Managing Director UK and Ireland at Avaloq, has commented on the need for a regulatory regime that enables digital asset innovation, in the context of the FCA’s consultation on strengthening financial promotion rules for cryptoassets.
 

Data from Boring Money reveals radical changes in the UK retail investor population over the last year. As many as 12 per cent of adults aged under 45 now report owning some crypto assets, double the same figure a year ago. 

Plans to strengthen the rules on cryptoasset advertisements and protect consumers from misleading claims have been published by the UK government.

Recent research from ETF issuer WisdomTree revealed that over seven in 10 (72 per cent) of UK advisers have spoken to their clients about investing in cryptocurrencies, with almost half of clients (45 per cent) intending to step outside of their adviser relationship to allocate to the asset class.

Philippa Aylmer writes that between the start of 2021 and mid-October, just over GBP146,000 had been lost to cryptocurrency fraud, according to Action Fraud Fund, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.

Philippa Aylmer writes that with the HMRC starting to collate a database of cryptocurrency activities Chris Etherington, private client tax partner at RSM, discusses the tax issues that might affect those investing in cryptocurrency. 

A survey commissioned by ETF and ETP issuers WisdomTree has revealed that over seven in 10 (72 per cent) of UK advisers have spoken to their clients about investing in cryptocurrencies, with almost half of clients (45 per cent) intending to step outside of their adviser relationship to allocate to the asset class. 
 

Investment platform eToro has announced that it has added four more assets to its crypto offering.  Cosmos (ATOM), The Graph (GRT), Curve (CRV) and 1inch (1INCH) are all now available on the eToro investment platform, which means eToro’s offering now consists of 36 cryptoassets. 
 

Wealth Adviser's sister title ETF Express features the first in a new series of videos with Asset TV on ETFs, opening with the thematic panel, featuring Allan Lane from Algo-Chain, creator of ETF model portfolios; Hector McNeil of ETF white labelling firm HANetf; Thomas Bailey, ETF editor from Interactive Investor and David Barfoot from thematic ETF issuer Rize ETFs.