FCA Consults On Where New UK Crypto Rules Should And Should Not Apply
TL;DR: The FCA’s CP26/36 consultation proposes guidance on regulatory exclusions for settlement, stablecoin handling and certain technical crypto services. Crypto businesses preparing for the UK’s expanded regulatory regime have a new document to digest. The Financial Conduct Authority opened consultation CP26/36 on October 21, addressing an increasingly difficult question: where does regulated financial activity end and ordinary blockchain software begin? The paper focuses on exemptions introduced by recent legislative changes. Among the examples are temporary settlement arrangements, qualifying stablecoin holding in payment processing, some proprietary trading activities and technical services that simply provide access to another provider or a decentralised protocol. For a developer running a software interface, that distinction could matter just as much as it does for an exchange or custodian. Being treated as an intermediary arranging a transaction may impose a very different permission burden from providing technical access alone. The FCA is not declaring every DeFi front end exempt. Whether an exclusion applies depends on the actual activities and facts, and the document is consultation guidance rather than the final handbook. Responses are due November 18, with final guidance expected in January 2027. The broader UK crypto regulatory perimeter is scheduled to apply from October 25, 2027. Written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.
Key Takeaways
- TL;DR: The FCA’s CP26/36 consultation proposes guidance on regulatory exclusions for settlement, stablecoin handling and certain technical crypto services.
- Crypto businesses preparing for the UK’s expanded regulatory regime have a new document to digest.
- The Financial Conduct Authority opened consultation CP26/36 on October 21, addressing an increasingly difficult question: where does regulated financial activity end and ordinary blockchain software begin?
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