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Law database

4 law profiles

UK Reporting Cryptoasset Service Providers Regulations 2025

S.I. 2025/744 Regulation Added Jun 6, 2026

Effective

Jan 1, 2026

Licensing & Registration Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter Privacy & Cybersecurity +1 more

UK CARF rules requiring reporting cryptoasset service providers to collect user and transaction data, report to HMRC, register,...

legislation.gov.uk

Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025

UKPGA 2025/29; 2025 c. 29 Act Added Jun 4, 2026

Effective

Dec 2, 2025

Custody Enforcement & Asset Recovery Market Structure & Regulatory Perimeter +1 more

UK Act confirming that a thing, including a digital or electronic thing, is not excluded from personal property...

legislation.gov.uk

United Kingdom FCA Market Abuse Regime for Cryptoassets

SI 2026/102; FSMA 2000 Cryptoassets Regulations 2026 Regulation Added Jun 4, 2026

Partially effective

Oct 25, 2027

Consumer protection Disclosure & Marketing Enforcement & Asset Recovery +2 more

UK regime designating cryptoasset insider dealing, unlawful disclosure and market manipulation as market-abuse activities, with FCA rulemaking and...

legislation.gov.uk

United Kingdom FCA Stablecoin Issuance and Cryptoasset Custody Regime

SI 2026/102; FCA CP25/14 Regulation Added Jun 3, 2026

Partially effective

Oct 25, 2027

Consumer protection Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more

UK regime bringing fiat-referenced stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody into FCA regulation under FSMA. SI 2026/102 is made;...

legislation.gov.uk

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