Interestingly, growth in holding crypto currency doubled in the UK in the year to June 2023, and doubled the year before that, too, so now about 10% of the population, just under 5m people, hold a small amount of crypto - mostly around £100 - including allowing for the proportion of the population who are digitally excluded. The next report is due this month and I'm interested to see what it says.

On the other hand, there are 21,000 blockchains/currencies out there, so a lot of competition for a still very small audience.

In the workshops last week, one of the mind blowing things was that block chains are "printing currencies out of no where" and this was cited as possible one of the reasons why there was a lack of confidence in it. I did point out that the Bank of England also prints money out of thin air with nothing backing it and I'm hoping they all went off to check that after the session.

Having done the workshops, I have a bit more of an idea what to include in session, which was helpful.