Following the week of July 14, 2025 – labelled as “Crypto Week” by the U.S. House of Representatives – the United States has witnessed significant developments in its digital asset regulatory framework, including the signing...more
The UK government’s latest communications on 15 July 2025 in connection with the Chancellor’s annual Mansion House speech, and the launch of its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, signals the government’s...more
On 2 July 2025, the Bank of England published a speech delivered by Sasha Mills (Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure) at City Week 2025. The speech signals the Bank's support for the digitalisation of...more
The EBA has set out its opinion on the interplay between MiCA and PSD2 in relation to crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) that transact with electronic money tokens (i.e. a category of stablecoins under MiCA). The EBA...more
As part its ongoing programme of consulting on elements of the new regulatory regime for cryptoassets, the FCA has published Consultation Paper CP25/15: “A prudential regime for cryptoasset firms”, and is inviting feedback...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on draft rules relating to the issuance of stablecoins in the UK and on custody of cryptoassets. What has happened? On 28 May 2025, the FCA published a Consultation...more
Following the recent publication by the UK Government of draft legislation which will bring cryptoassets within the regulatory perimeter, the Financial Conduct Authority has now issued a Discussion Paper inviting feedback on...more
The UK government has published long-awaited draft legislation setting out how the regulatory perimeter will be expanded to include cryptoassets, with the introduction of new regulated activities relating to cryptoassets,...more
The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114) (henceforth “MiCA”), which entered into force in June 2023, seeks to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets across the EU. However,...more
In our previous Comparative Guide, we explored innovations in private forms of digital money and money-like instruments available to retail customers, including fiatreferencing stablecoins, e-money and tokenised deposits. As...more
From the use of metal coins to the dematerialization of money, the advent of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and tokenisation arguably represents the next stage in the evolution of money and the payments ecosystem. As...more
As mentioned in HM Treasury’s October 2023 policy update on plans for regulating stablecoins, the Bank of England (Bank) has published a discussion paper providing more details on its proposed regulatory regime for systemic...more
Following HM Treasury’s October 2023 policy update on plans for regulating stablecoins, the Bank of England (Bank) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published discussion papers providing more details on aspects...more
On 30 October 2023, the UK government published an update on its legislative approach for regulating fiat-backed stablecoins, following on from its consultation on the UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets and stablecoins in...more