UK plans first G7 digital sovereign bond by early 2027
The security will launch on HSBC’s Orion platform within the BoE and FCA’s Digital Securities Sandbox to test reduced settlement t...
U.S. and UK Back Cross-Border Stablecoins Under Joint Regulatory Plan
U.S. and UK regulators plan clearer cross-border access for stablecoins approved in either jurisdiction. One-to-one reserves, asse...
UK Treasury report on tokenization cites Ripple as convergence model
A Treasury-backed report targets putting repo, gilts and funds onchain within two years, and warms to permissionless networks that...
BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley join UK government's tokeniza...
The 54 firm-strong group, which is backed by the City of London Corporation, will spend the next year working on live tokenisation...
Coinbase secures UK authorization to offer traditional investments alongside cry...
The license allows institutional traders to access perpetual futures and gives U.K. retail customers the ability to trade equities...
UK's bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading, but huge compliance...
The U.K. FCA's crypto framework has been praised for prioritizing global liquidity and institutional adoption, but the authorizati...
UK to lower stablecoin capital buffers, undercutting EU's MiCA requirements
The Financial Conduct Authority's proposal follows the Bank of England's backtracking on the limit to the value of stablecoins an...
UK FCA Sets October 2027 Deadline for Crypto Firms in New Regulatory Framework
TL;DR UK FCA sets October 2027 deadline for crypto licensing. Existing AML registrations must be replaced with new approvals. Stab...
Ex-FCA policy insider explains the ‘great divide’ in the UK’s crypto ambition
Former FCA policymaker and Hedera Global Policy VP, Isadora Arredondo says there is a gap between the U.K.'s crypto ambitions and...
Bank of England backs down on strict stablecoin holding limits, sets $50 billion...
The U.K. central bank abandons retail holding limits for a 40-billion-pound aggregate cap and sweetens yield terms for token issue...