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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Crypto firm with links to parliamentary groups appears to have vanished

Phoenix Community Capital co-founder Luke Sullivan spoke at an event for an APPG and appeared as a panellist for events hosted by peers in parliament.
Phoenix Community Capital co-founder Luke Sullivan spoke at an event for an APPG and appeared as a panellist for events hosted by peers in parliament. Photograph: Big Innovation Centre

A cryptocurrency investment firm with links to two all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) appears to have disappeared, leaving some investors fearing they have lost tens of thousands of pounds and raising the prospect of further questions being asked about the role of APPGs in parliament.

Phoenix Community Capital established itself last year as a cryptocurrency project and investment scheme, which it said at one point was valued at $800m (£665m). It was a sponsor of one APPG, and its co-founder, Luke Sullivan, spoke at an event for a second APPG , as well as appearing as a panellist for events hosted by peers in parliament.

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