Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of the UK's National Health Service (NHS), has called on UK lawmakers to take action to prevent young people from becoming addicted to cryptocurrency trading. Pritchard said the NHS opened its fifteenth specialist gambling addiction clinic earlier this year in response to a "growing real-world need" for more opportunities for young people to become addicted to gambling, including the unregulated cryptocurrency market. This addictive habit has people investing their money in things with no fixed value while the NHS picks up the pieces - a growing problem that could create further demand for health services.