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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On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
Finally! Avid readers of Freshfields blogs might remember from our post last autumn that the UK government and financial regulators in...
On 30 July 2024 the Law Commission of England and Wales published a supplemental report and amended draft bill which would introduce a...
On 23 July 2024 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a Final Notice against CB Payments Limited (CBPL), fining it c.£3.5m for a...
In a further example of UK cryptoasset regulation, the FCA recently published its Guidance on Cryptoasset Financial Promotions (here)...
On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published three documents setting out how the UK government plans to regulate cryptoassets going...
On 8 June 2023, the FCA published a policy statement (PS 23/6) setting out its final policy position on financial promotion rules for...
On 27 March 2023 the UK Treasury published a draft of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order...
2022 has been a turbulent year for the digital assets sphere. While the industry is under harsher scrutiny than ever before following a...
In an judgment on the question of jurisdiction in the case of Tulip Trading Ltd v. Bitcoin Association for BSV and others [2022] EWHC 667...
As the market for cryptoassets continues to increase in size and spread, so too have levels of crypto fraud. Between April and September...