Effective
Jun 26, 2017
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +1 more
UK-wide AML/CFT regulations imposing risk assessment, due diligence, record-keeping and supervisory duties. As amended, they require FCA registration...
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United Kingdom
Explore UK crypto laws, including FCA registration, promotions rules, stablecoin policy, taxes, AML compliance, and digital asset regulation.
Effective
Jan 10, 2020
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
UK cryptoasset exchange and custodian wallet providers carrying on business in the UK must register with the FCA...
Effective
Jan 10, 2020
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +1 more
UK statutory instrument that implemented Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive changes and brought cryptoasset exchange and custodian wallet providers...
Effective
Sep 1, 2022
UK statutory instrument amending the 2017 Money Laundering Regulations. It introduced the cryptoasset Travel Rule, FCA change-in-control review,...
Partially effective
Jun 29, 2023
UK statute that updates the FSMA 2000 framework, creates powers for cryptoasset regulation, supports stablecoin/payment-system oversight, and enables...
Effective
Oct 7, 2023
UK statutory instrument bringing promotions of qualifying cryptoassets within the FSMA financial promotion perimeter and extending FCA powers....
Effective
Oct 8, 2023
UK rules governing promotions of qualifying cryptoassets to retail consumers. The regime classifies them as restricted mass market...
Effective
Jan 8, 2024
UK regulations establishing the Digital Securities Sandbox, a temporary regime for testing distributed-ledger and other developing technologies in...
Effective
Mar 3, 2025
UK regulations effective 3 March 2025 that amend the Digital Securities Sandbox, temporarily modify cryptoasset-specific Money Laundering Regulations...
Effective
Dec 2, 2025
UK Act confirming that a thing, including a digital or electronic thing, is not excluded from personal property...
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