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
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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
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
On 8 January 2024, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 entered into force, creating the Digital Securities Sandbox within which certain Financial Market Infrastructures...more
On 8 January 2024, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Digital Securities Sandbox) Regulations 2023 enter into force, creating the Digital Securities Sandbox within which certain Financial Market Infrastructures will...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, presented HM Treasury’s Autumn Statement for growth on 22 November 2023. We summarise below the key proposals relating to financial services regulation....more
The FCA has published its anticipated Policy Statement (PS23/6) ‘Financial promotion rules for cryptoassets’ which brings cryptoasset promotions made to UK consumers within the regulator’s remit. The new rules, which come...more
The outlook for 2023 looks uncertain, following another tumultuous year. The collapse of a number of large cryptocurrency exchanges has shone another spotlight on the digital asset market. The financial system’s resilience...more
With increasing levels of capital continuing to flow into digital assets globally, an ever-growing pool of asset holders, and even governments exploring various digital asset projects, the need to examine custody services in...more
The UK regulators’ new rules on Operational Resilience enter into force on 31 March 2022. Firms need to ensure that they have identified “important business services” and set “impact tolerances” for those important business...more