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date	20/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of jobs sustained by cryptocurrency trading and related services.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made an estimate of the number of jobs sustained by cryptocurrency trading and related services and does not currently have plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/03/2017 16:51:50 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

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date	20/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies and Distributed Ledger Technology: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to regulate distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrencies in the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We are currently negotiating amendments to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. These amendments will extend the scope of Directive (EU) 2015/849 to include virtual currency exchange platforms and custodian wallet providers, which will enable competent authorities to ensure virtual currency networks are mitigating the risks regarding money laundering and terrorist financing. There are no current plans to regulate distributed ledger technology.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 23/03/2017 15:45:22 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps