Episode 12: Controlling Crypto in UK Politics: Is a Ban What’s Really Needed?
As the UK brings forward new electoral legislation, what should the government do about crypto donations, and does it really understand the risks?
Discussion about cryptocurrencies is often polarised. Nowhere is this more so the case than in the ongoing discussion about the inclusion – or not – of cryptocurrency for donations to political parties in the UK.
In this latest episode of the STR podcast, host Tom Keatinge is joined by Eliza Lockhart, a Research Fellow in our CFS team leading our work on Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics which examines the risk of opaque, foreign or malign influence entering UK politics via cryptocurrency donations; and James Gillespie, a CFS Associate Fellow, formerly of HM Treasury, to reflect on where the real threats from crypto to electoral integrity lie, and what to do about them.
The Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics project is generously funded by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.
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This podcast explores the financial dimensions of today’s leading transnational security challenges. Host Tom Keatinge and the team from the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI bring you unique insights on the challenges posed by illicit finance and practical analysis of the policy responses. They interview top thinkers and influential voices who unpack the complex world of money laundering, corruption, sanctions evasion and illicit flows, and explain how this shapes the evolving global security landscape, and what democracies and international institutions must do to stay ahead when it comes to the financial dimensions of the global threat outlook.
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FEATURING
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFS
Centre for Finance and Security
Eliza Lockhart
Research Fellow
Centre for Finance and Security
James Gillespie
RUSI Associate Fellow, CFS
