The Financial Technology industry has been one of the most profound success stories of the UK economy in recent years.

Adam Afriyie, the MP for Windsor, has welcomed recently released statistics showing that the UK received more investment in the fintech industry than any other country in the world in the first half of 2018.

Cryptocurrencies are fascinating for so many reasons. In 2015 when I tabled a written Parliamentary Question on blockchain, the technological underpinning of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, I was the first MP to mention the phrase in Parliament

First Published 9 February 2018. Adam Afriyie, the MP for Windsor and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Technology, has asked the Government a series of questions.