A bill clarifying that property laws apply to crypto was given royal assent in the UK, with advocates hailing the move as giving crypto “a much clearer legal footing.”
Jesse Coghlan
Jesse Coghlan is a Sydney-based journalist and joined Cointelegraph’s Asia-Pacific newsdesk as its deputy editor in 2022. He mainly covers court cases and government policy from around the world that focus on cryptocurrency and aims to make complex legal language accessible. He previously co-hosted and produced a podcast covering crypto news and reported on crime and civil unrest with his early work as a freelance reporter. Jesse has no crypto holdings.
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