On 7 January 2021, HM Treasury (“HMT”) published a consultation and call for evidence on the UK’s regulatory approach to cryptoassets and stablecoins, which sets out HMT’s proposals for a new regulatory regime covering stablecoins and its approach to regulating cryptoassets more generally. The proposals follow HMT’s July 2020 consultation on bringing certain cryptoassets within the scope of the financial promotions regime (see our blog post here). Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the period 21 December 2020 to 8 January 2021. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the week ending 18 December 2020. Read more

In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in FinTech-related regulation which are expected for January 2021. Read more

The High Court has found in favour of a claimant investor in a dispute arising from the termination of her Bitcoin trading account with an online trading platform and concurrent cancellation of open trades (as a result of an alleged money laundering risk): Ang v Reliantco Investments Ltd [2020] EWHC 3242 (Comm). Although the claim relates to an account used to trade Bitcoin futures, the decision will be of broader interest to financial institutions, given the potential application to other types of trading accounts and accounts more generally. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the week ending 11 December 2020. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the week ending 4 December 2020. Read more

In this regular update, we round-up FinTech-related regulatory developments for the week ending 27 November 2020. Read more