Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025

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The Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill has received royal assent and entered the statute book as the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025. The Act gives effect to recommendations of the Law Commission confirming in statute that a thing that is digital or electronic in nature can be recognised as personal property even if it does not fall within the traditional categories of 'things in possession' or 'things in action'. This means that certain digital assets such as crypto-tokens or crypto currencies can now be recognised as property providing legal certainty for businesses and individuals. The Act applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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