Visitors to the Bank of England museum can try to lift a 13kg gold bar, see the bank’s charter from 1694 and now browse a display dedicated to crypto assets.
The Bank’s Future of Money exhibition features a gold coin emblazoned with the bitcoin logo, a device used for storing cryptocurrency, and a T-shirt from the “risk management department” of the failed crypto exchange FTX.
In the space of about 15 years, bitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency, has made the leap from being a fringe idea circulated in internet forums to a part of the cultural mainstream. But considerable concerns remain about the risks posed by crypto assets. Last month Sam Bankman-Fried, the 32-year-old founder of FTX, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for
