In this post we analyse the now finalised Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2025 (the Cryptoasset...
The UK has taken a decisive step toward comprehensive cryptoasset regulation. As explained in our earlier client briefing on the...
We have once again canvassed opinions from our Freshfields global fintech team for the year ahead, as we did in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024...
Tokenisation grew to become a hot topic during 2025 and we don’t see signs of interest in tokenising assets slowing down. In this post,...
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation and discussion paper on 17 September 2025 outlining its proposals for...
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper on 17 September 2025 outlining its proposals for applying the...
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On 18 June 2025, the Council of the European Union formally approved its negotiating mandates on the legislative proposals relating to...
On 19 June 2025 the UK enacted Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA). The DUAA is a wide-ranging and significant reform package with...
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The EU is committed to bringing the wider financial sector into the digital age. To this end, it has proposed a new framework for secure...
As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we have crowdsourced predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields global fintech team....
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As far as MiCAR is concerned, December 2024 was a busy month for both market participants and competent authorities. On 17 December 2024,...
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This post is an update of our previous post published on June 21, 2024. The harmonisation of European financial services law for...
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On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
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On 23 October 2024 the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament (the DUAB). The DUAB is a wide-ranging and...
Background On 11 July 2024, the Law Commission published a scoping paper (the Scoping Paper) on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations...
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On 18 June 2024, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation to better understand and shape the future of...