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On 21 July 2025, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published guidance regarding sanctions compliance in the cryptoasset sector. The publication is an assessment of threats to UK financial sanctions in...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
On 29 April, the UK government published draft legislation which will bring currently unregulated cryptoassets, including stablecoins, within the scope of financial services regulation. This is the first of a number of...more
The first four months of 2025 proved busy for the UK’s financial regulators, with both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publishing their strategy and business plan documents. As...more
On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published near-final draft legislation establishing a financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the UK, along with a policy note explaining the intended policy outcomes of the...more
On 29 April, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled draft legislation aimed at regulating cryptoassets at the International Fintech Growth Summit (IFGS) in London, sponsored by Latham & Watkins. The proposed legislation...more
Numerous jurisdictions across the globe are developing their own cryptoasset regulatory frameworks—the UK is no exception. Cryptoasset businesses overseas looking to enter the UK market, or to offer services to customers in...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 were laid before parliament, together with an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations relate to the Digital Securities...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released its first publication (DP24/4) on its future rules for U.K. cryptoasset market participants. This discussion paper seeks input on the FCA’s proposed rules for admissions and...more
In a previous alert, we identified that the definition of a collective investment scheme (CIS) could capture on-chain staking, and that the UK government, acting through the HM Treasury (HMT), was looking to clarify the...more
Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2025 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2025 has been published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Order includes a new paragraph 22 to the Schedule to the...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
On 9 January 2025, the widely anticipated Statutory Instrument exempting cryptoasset staking from the meaning of “collective investment schemes” as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) was...more
As part of the UK government’s drive to develop legislation for a UK regulatory regime to govern the cryptoassets sector, on 16 December 2024 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Discussion Paper DP24/4, which...more
On 16 December 2024, the FCA published a discussion paper (DP24/4) (the “Discussion Paper”) on admissions and disclosures and market abuse regimes for cryptoassets. This is part of a series of publications by the FCA (and the...more
HM Treasury has published a speech given on November 21, 2024, by Tulip Siddiq, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, on the U.K. government's approach to tokenisation and regulation. In the speech, Ms. Siddiq confirms that HM...more
In her first comments since the July 2024 UK general election, Economic Secretary to the UK Treasury Tulip Siddiq MP delivered a speech at the Tokenisation Summit on 21 November 2024 that outlined the recently elected UK...more
On 26 November 2024, the FCA published a number of communications relating to its approach to developing the future cryptoassets regime for the UK, including a roadmap for the development and introduction of the UK’s...more
The FCA has published its expectations on registered or regulated firms partnering with unregistered cryptoasset firms, which may be illegally promoting to UK consumers....more
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its high-level proposals for a major overhaul of the U.K.’s cryptoasset regulatory regime. Whilst substantive rules have not been issued today, the FCA’s...more
On September 10, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it charged an individual with, among other things, unlawfully operating a network of unregistered crypto-asset ATMs. Allegedly, the individual managed...more