Royal Mint Gold Idea Shelved Over Exchange Issues and Government Veto

The U.K.’s Royal Mint plans to create a digital token backed by physical gold has been shelved after U.S.-based derivatives exchange, the CME, dissolved a partnership between the two entities and the government stepped in to block proposed trading on a cryptocurrency exchange.
Meanwhile, other mints and startups around the world push on with their efforts to provide gold-backed digital assets.
Is the UK Government Still Wary of Cryptocurrency?
According to reports in Reuters, three unnamed