Report: There were over 800 newly registered U.K. crypto companies in 2018

MarketsDecember 23, 2018, 12:02PM EST
UPDATED: December 23, 2018, 12:09PM EST
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Analyzing data from Companies House and OpenCorporates, Sky News, a British news organization, found that, as of November 2018, there were 817 newly registered crypto companies in the U.K. The same data also show that there were a total of 342 crypto companies that were dissolved or liquidated in 2018. This was a large increase from 2017, where 139 crypto companies were dissolved. Of the 342 companies that were dissolved, more than 200 were incorporated in 2017, during the peak crypto bull market.


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