{"id":10578,"date":"2025-09-12T14:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/uk-crypto-groups-push-to-add-blockchain-in-tech-bridge-with-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:03:12","slug":"uk-crypto-groups-push-to-add-blockchain-in-tech-bridge-with-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/uk-crypto-groups-push-to-add-blockchain-in-tech-bridge-with-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"UK crypto groups push to add blockchain in \u2018Tech Bridge\u2019 with U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">A group of tech and crypto firms is pushing for blockchain to be included in the \u201ctech bridge\u201d deal with the U.S.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_7511e65c44492278b7a305bdbf53e679\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The UK and the U.S. should include blockchain in their \u201ctech bridge\u201d trade deal<\/li>\n<li>Crypto groups argue that the UK risks staying on the sidelines while other regions develop<\/li>\n<li>A government spokesperson stated that the U.S. and the UK are natural partners in technology<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>U.K. trade groups are pushing the government to include blockchain technology in the trade deal with the U.S. On Friday, Sept. 12, Bloomberg <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-09-12\/uk-us-tech-bridge-should-include-blockchain-lobby-groups-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> that several groups from finance, tech, and crypto advocated that digital assets should be the core of the proposed tech collaboration between the U.S. and the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>The group, including the U.K. Cryptoasset Business Council, UK Finance, and TheCityUK, sent a letter to U.K. Business Secretary Peter Kyle, as well as Economic Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cExcluding digital assets from the UK-US Tech Bridge would be a missed opportunity,\u201d said the letter. \u201cIt risks leaving Britain on the sidelines while others \u2014 particularly in the Middle East and Asia \u2014 move ahead in setting the standards that will shape the future of finance.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UK sees U.S. as natural partner in tech <\/h2>\n<p>The term \u201ctech bridge\u201d refers to the U.K.\u2019s push for cooperation on advanced technology with the U.S. Notably, on Sept. 7, Peter Mandelson, the U.K.\u2019s ambassador to Washington, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/sep\/07\/peter-mandelson-donald-trump-speech-us-uk-ai-technology-state-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">called<\/a> for the two countries to cooperate on key technologies. This includes AI, quantum computing, and other high-tech areas.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe UK and the United States are natural partners as the only allied countries with trillion-dollar tech sectors, and we already partner on a range of important technologies such as AI, Quantum, and cyber security,\u201d a government spokesperson stated. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Technologies like AI and quantum computing require large investments, often too costly for individual countries except those as big as the U.S. For this reason, the U.K. likely sees a partnership with the U.S. as the best way to play a part in the development of these technologies.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of tech and crypto firms is pushing for blockchain to be included in the \u201ctech bridge\u201d deal with the U.S. Summary The UK and the U.S. should include&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10579,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10578\/revisions\/10579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}