The future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the UK
HM Treasury has set out its final proposals for the UK’s future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets, confirming its intention to bring a number of crypto activities into the regulatory perimeter for the first time. The proposals, published on 30 October 2023, are outlined in HM Treasury’s response to its February 2023 consultation and call for evidence on the topic, its response to the May 2022 consultation on managing the failure of systemic digital settlement asset (including stablecoin) firms, and a policy paper which provides an update on plans for the regulation of fiat-backed stablecoins (together the HMT Final Proposals). The legislation to facilitate the bringing of stablecoins and cryptoassets into financial services regulation, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA 2023), received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023.