Partially effective
Oct 25, 2027
UK regime bringing fiat-referenced stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody into FCA regulation under FSMA. SI 2026/102 is made;...
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United Kingdom
Explore UK crypto laws, including FCA registration, promotions rules, stablecoin policy, taxes, AML compliance, and digital asset regulation.
Partially effective
Oct 25, 2027
UK regime for cryptoasset trading platforms, dealers, arrangers, lending and borrowing services, staking providers and in-scope DeFi. Preparatory...
Partially effective
Oct 25, 2027
UK regime designating cryptoasset insider dealing, unlawful disclosure and market manipulation as market-abuse activities, with FCA rulemaking and...
Effective
Jan 1, 2026
UK CARF rules requiring reporting cryptoasset service providers to collect user and transaction data, report to HMRC, register,...
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...
Effective
Jan 8, 2024
UK regulations establishing the Digital Securities Sandbox, a temporary regime for testing distributed-ledger and other developing technologies in...
Proposed
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UK consultation and design-phase framework for a potential Bank of England retail CBDC. No issuance decision has been...
Effective
Dec 2, 2025
UK Act confirming that a thing, including a digital or electronic thing, is not excluded from personal property...
Partially effective
Jun 30, 2026
AML/CFT Banking & Financial Access Custody +1 more
UK regulations amending the 2017 MLRs to refine due diligence, strengthen cryptoasset correspondent and change-in-control rules, update sterling...
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...
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