This briefing covers the FCA’s proposed rules for market abuse in cryptoassets (MARC) in (DP24/4) and follows our earlier coverage on the proposals for the FCA’s admissions and disclosures (A&D) regime proposed in that...more
1/28/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Compliance ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptoassets ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Insider Trading ,
Market Abuse ,
Market Manipulation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released its first publication (DP24/4) on its future rules for U.K. cryptoasset market participants. This discussion paper seeks input on the FCA’s proposed rules for admissions and...more
1/17/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Compliance ,
Cryptoassets ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Market Abuse ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
UK
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its high-level proposals for a major overhaul of the U.K.’s cryptoasset regulatory regime. Whilst substantive rules have not been issued today, the FCA’s...more
Crypto-asset firms are increasingly focused on the impact of MiCA on their businesses both from the perspective of high-level strategy and in relation to changes to their day-to-day compliance arrangements. MiCA represents a...more
The UK Government has successfully positioned the UK as a FinTech and Crypto-friendly jurisdiction. At the same time, in a post-Brexit world, UK regulation of the crypto sector has lagged behind developments in the EU where...more
2/3/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services and Markets Act ,
FinTech ,
FSMA ,
Stablecoins ,
UK ,
UK Brexit