Other Notable Publications
Up-to-date information, analysis, and source links to help cryptoasset businesses understand and respond to the latest regulatory developments.
Last updated December 2025.
Published
- Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025
Publication Date: 2 December 2025
Regulator: UK Parliament
Description: The Act confirms that cryptoassets can be recognised as personal property, even if they do not fit into the traditional categories of personal property recognised by the law, namely things in possession or things in action.
Publication Type: Enacted legislation
Response Date: N/A
Link: Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025; explanatory notes to the bill; MoJ policy paper
- CP25/28: Progressing fund tokenisation
Publication Date: 14 October 2025
Regulator: FCA
Description: FCA proposals to enable tokenisation of authorised investment funds, including operational models, guidance for the Blueprint model, and a roadmap for future tokenisation using distributed ledger technology
Publication Type: Consultation paper
Response Date: 21 November 2025 (Chapters 2-4); 12 December 2025 (Chapter 5)
Link: FCA consultation paper
- FCA opens retail access to crypto exchange traded notes (ETNs)
Publication Date: 1 August 2025
Regulator: FCA
Description: FCA confirmation that, from 8 October 2025, firms will be able to give retail consumers access to crypto ETNs. These products, previously restricted to professional investors, will be available to individuals through FCA-recognised investment exchanges.
Publication Type: FCA press release
Response Date: N/A
Link: FCA press release
- CP25/16: Quarterly consultation paper No. 48
Publication Date: 6 June 2025
Regulator: FCA
Description: Proposed FCA Handbook changes, including lifting cryptoasset exchange traded notes ban
Publication Type: Consultation paper
Response Date: 7 July 2025 (for relevant part of consultation paper)
Link: FCA consultation paper
- Digital assets and (electronic) trade documents in private international law including Section 72 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882
Publication Date: 5 June 2025
Regulator: Law Commission
Description: Call for views on which courts should have jurisdiction, and which law should apply to cross-border matters arising from use of electronic trade documents, digital assets, and distributed ledger technologies
Publication Type: Consultation paper
Response Date: 8 September 2025
Link: Law Commission consultation paper
- International payment rails: the value of a harmonised gauge
Publication Date: 6 May 2025
Regulator: BoE
Description: Speech by Sarah Breeden (BoE Deputy Governor for Financial Stability) discussing the proposed framework for regulating stablecoins in the UK
Publication Type: BoE speech
Response Date: N/A
Link: BoE speech
- The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2025
Publication Date: 9 January 2025
Regulator: UK Parliament
Description: On 31 January 2025, the statutory instrument entered into force, which amends the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) Order 2001. The key change is that qualifying cryptoasset staking is no longer a collective investment scheme.
Publication Type: Statutory instrument
Response Date: N/A
Link: HMT statutory instrument and explanatory memorandum
- Research Note: Cryptoassets consumer research 2024
Publication Date: 26 November 2024 (updated March 2025)
Regulator: FCA
Description: FCA research note on findings from YouGov about cryptoasset consumer research completed on behalf of the FCA
Publication Type: Research note
Response Date Due: N/A
Link: FCA research note
- Keynote address at the Tokenisation Summit: UK government approach to tokenisation and regulation
Publication Date: 25 November 2024
Regulator: HMT
Description: Speech on the UK government’s approach to digital assets and its wider cryptoasset strategy, confirming that cryptoasset staking services should not constitute a collective investment scheme.
Publication Type: Speech
Response Date: N/A
Link: HMT speech
- Final report on digital assets
Publication Date: 30 July 2024
Regulator: Law Commission
Description: Law Commission review of how English law treats digital assets and recommends clearer control and transfer, and a distinct category of personal property to support legal certainty and market development
Publication Type: Final report, supplemental report, and draft bill
Response Date: N/A
Link: Law Commission final report; Supplemental report and draft bill
- Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs): A scoping paper
Publication Date: 11 July 2024
Regulator: Law Commission
Description: Scoping paper examining how DAOs fit within existing law, identifying governance and liability gaps and outlining options for legal recognition and risk allocation.
Publication Type: Scoping paper
Response Date: N/A
Link: Law Commission scoping paper
- Legal statement on digital assets and English insolvency law
Publication Date: 17 April 2024
Regulator: UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT)
Description: UKJT statement that English insolvency law is reasonably flexible for recent technological developments and can be applied in a conventional and predictable manner
Publication Type: Legal statement
Response Date: N/A
Link: UKJT legal statement
- Public consultation − digital assets and English insolvency law
Publication Date: 17 October 2023
Regulator: UKJT
Description: UKJT public consultation requesting experts and public to provide inputs on material issues of concern for stakeholders regarding the application of English insolvency law to digital assets
Publication Type: Public consultation
Response Date: 4 December 2023
Link: UKJT public consultation
- Digital assets: Final report
Publication Date: 27 June 2023
Regulator: Law Commission
Description: Law Commission report recommending modernising UK private law to accommodate digital assets — recognising them as personal property via a distinct category
Publication Type: Final report
Response Date: N/A
Link: Law Commission final report and Summary of final report
- DP23/2: Updating and improving the UK regime for asset management
Publication Date: 20 February 2023
Regulator: FCA
Description: Discussion paper setting out ideas to modernise fund management regime to improve outcomes for UK markets and consumers, including a dedicated chapter on fund tokenisation
Publication Type: Discussion paper
Response Date: 22 May 2023
Link: FCA discussion paper
- Legal statement on the issuance and transfer of digital securities under English private law
Publication Date: 15 February 2023
Regulator: UKJT
Description: Legal statement permitting the circulation of public blockchain without custodians and the on-chain transfer of digital securities, even though a fully decentralised blockchain cannot yet serve as the official register of members
Publication Type: Legal statement
Response Date: N/A
Link: UKJT legal statement
- Smart legal contracts – Advice to Government
Publication Date: 25 November 2021
Regulator: Law Commission
Description: Advice paper concluding smart legal contracts are enforceable under English law with minimal reform and provides guidance on formation, interpretation, and remedies
Publication Type: Advice paper
Response Date: N/A
Link: Law Commission advice paper
- Legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts
Publication Date: 18 November 2019
Regulator: UKJT
Description: UKJT statement outlining that cryptoassets are capable of being property and smart contracts are enforceable. Provides practical implications for transactions (including security interests, transfer mechanics, and electronic execution) and identifies residual areas of legal uncertainty.
Publication Type: Legal statement
Response Date: N/A
Link: UKJT legal statement