Debanking Is Driving Business Out of the UK | Keith Grose #217

The UK says it wants to be a global crypto hub. But banks are still closing accounts for anyone who touches Bitcoin, stablecoin holding caps are being proposed, and a Bitcoin ETN U-turn is threatening to force retail investors to lock in losses. So is the UK actually serious, or just saying the right things?

Keith Grose, CEO of Coinbase UK, joins Jordan Walker to give his honest take on where the UK stands, what's going wrong, and what needs to change.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro and why banking apps will add crypto

00:49 Keith joins the show

01:19 Keith’s role as CEO of Coinbase UK

02:13 Is the UK serious about being a crypto hub

03:30 Keith’s background in payments infrastructure

05:22 UK vs US on innovation and regulation

08:17 What the UK must do to stay competitive

09:24 Fixing regulatory clarity and stablecoin rules

10:03 The UK culture shift around investing

12:18 Coinbase equities and why investing habits matter

13:47 Debanking in the UK why it’s still happening

15:51 Two types of debanking and why both matter

21:50 Stablecoins and Lightning practical use cases

26:21 How banks are reacting behind the scenes

30:50 Why institutions are moving faster than retail

35:32 The stablecoin holding cap problem in the UK

39:22 The Bitcoin ETN ISA mess and shifting goalposts

42:05 Making Bitcoin a normal long term holding

47:54 What a pro innovation UK framework looks like

51:00 Closing thoughts and wrap up

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