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The Fintech Files: Youngsters want to run Britcoin, law firms beef up on crypto

Fintech Files rounds up what's going on in fintech and crypto this week

Twenty-somethings think they have what it takes to launch a digital pound

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By
Alex Daniel

When Treasury top brass launched a search for someone to lead their work on a digital pound, they probably expected some pretty senior individuals to apply.

Instead, they were swamped with applications from twenty-somethings.

Of the 122 people who applied to be the Treasury’s new head of central bank digital currency, 41 of them were younger...