MP Lisa Cameron on Bitcoin and the UK becoming an international crypto hub

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, British MP Lisa Cameron said there is a "vision" that the UK will become an international hub of crypto and digital assets.

The UK could approach Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto. Taking a timeout from the first major Bitcoin conference in Scotland, Cointelegraph spoke to Lisa Cameron, an MP who is spending more and more time working with digital assets. Cameron told Cointelegraph:

“I've spoken to companies involved in CBDCs and stablecoins. We've looked at crypto tokens, and Bitcoin is obviously part of the industry.”

As the Scottish National Party MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (regions of Scotland), Cameron works in Westminster, the metonym for the UK Parliament. She rubs shoulders with the new crypto-curious Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.

Cameron is also Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Crypto and Digital Assets (APPG). The forum discusses "challenges and opportunities in the crypto industry and explores the need for future industry regulation".

While the creation of the APPG would suggest that bitcoin and crypto could make it mainstream, the future of money remains a fringe topic of discussion in the UK. Interest in "digital assets" waxes and wanes with bearish and bullish cryptos.

A Royal Mint Non-Fungible Token (NFT) was recently launched by then-Chancellor, now Prime Minister Sunak, and the Bitcoin and crypto community is becoming more vocal in response to rising inflation rates. However, UK regulators have also cracked the