Ah well, it has always struck me that it is the way of the Beeb to be cautious and conservative about everything... until it is so mainstream that they have to report on it.

Oddly enough (even though I am actually Danish, and used to live in the UK), even though I live in possibly the most progressive state in the USA, there are more restrictions on crypto trading here than almost anywhere else. If I want to trade crypto, my choices are pretty much Coinbase and Bittrex (the latter domiciled in this state)... because our state legislature was having a problem with our (legal) cannabis industry accept cryptos as payment and thus bypassing paying state taxes and tariffs.

Most people here like cryptos, though... even the "coin counting machine" at the supermarket allows you to buy Bitcoin with the stuff in your change jar!