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Money that exists in digital (virtual) form only, for example Bitcoin and Ripple.
The UK scheme that guarantees certain bank, building society or credit union depositors' funds - subject to limits - should the bank, building society or credit union fail.


Digital currencies that rely on cryptography and a distributed ledger are known as cryptocurrencies.


The guaranteed amount in the UK is limited and may vary from one year to the next. With effect from 2017, the guaranteed amount in the UK was limited to £85,000.


Other forms of digital currency include central bank digital currencies.


Similar deposit guarantee schemes operate in the majority of developed economies, under different names and with differing conditions and degrees of formality.


== See also ==
* [[Altcoin]]
* [[Bank of England]]
* [[Bitcoin]]
* [[Blockchain]]
* [[Central bank digital currency]]
* [[Crypto-assets]]
* [[Cryptocurrency]]
* [[Cryptography]]
* [[Currency]]
* [[DC]]
* [[Digital asset]]
* [[Distributed ledger]]
* [[Ether]]
* [[Fiat currency]]
* [[Gold standard]]
* [[Libra]]
* [[Money]]
* [[Non-fungible token]]
* [[Ripple]]


==See also==
* [[BIP]]
* [[Credit union]]
* [[Deposit Guarantee Scheme]]
* [[Deposit insurance]]
* [[DGSD]]
* [[International Association of Deposit Insurers]]
* [[Retail]]
* [[Stability]]


===External links===
[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/digital-currencies Central bank digital currencies - Bank of England]
[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/digital-currencies/the-economics-of-digital-currencies.pdf?la=en&hash=BE28BE59F18E79CCE705643CF14F36DF8897E56D The economics of digital currencies - Bank of England]
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Revision as of 15:46, 19 June 2019

(FSCS).

The UK scheme that guarantees certain bank, building society or credit union depositors' funds - subject to limits - should the bank, building society or credit union fail.


The guaranteed amount in the UK is limited and may vary from one year to the next. With effect from 2017, the guaranteed amount in the UK was limited to £85,000.


Similar deposit guarantee schemes operate in the majority of developed economies, under different names and with differing conditions and degrees of formality.


See also