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Aug 20
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FCA Lifts the Ban: UK Investors Can Buy ...

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The ban is over! From 8 October 2025, UK retail investors can buy exchange traded crypto products — potentially in an ISA or SIPP. So why has the FCA made a U-turn?

And in the Dumb Question of the Week: Does scarcity make something valuable?

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