The government has provided an update on its legislative approach for bringing fiat-backed stablecoins into the UK’s regulatory perimeter for financial services. This document provides additional detail following the UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins, and distributed ledger technology in financial markets consultation response published in April 2022. This update will inform development of the Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England’s approaches for regulating stablecoin issuers and custodians, and systemic digital settlement asset payments systems and service providers respectively.
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