The British government has announced plans to mint its own NFT. This initiative forms part of a broader strategy to make the UK a leading example in the cryptocurrency sphere, in the aim of becoming a key international hub. Is the United Kingdom about to create and issue its first NFT? That’s what the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, hopes to achieve as early as this summer. More accustomed to minting gold, silver and pound coins, the Royal Mint — founded in 886 — is now set to change style and embrace the digital world. The goal for the country seems obvious: to become a globa…