FCA delivers plans to regulate cryptocurrency

Regulator releases roadmap setting out a series of consultations

Isabel Baxter
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has started to share its approach to regulating cryptocurrency.

The regulator today (26 November) has published an indicative roadmap of key dates for the development and introduction of the UK's crypto regime. The roadmap sets out a series of focused consultations. Below is the regulator's roadmap, with the next step being a discussion paper by the end of this year. The FCA said that this approach aims to make policy development "transparent and help people engage by making the process more manageable and flexible for all".   A rise in UK adults owning crypto This comes as its latest research on consumer attitudes and behaviours towards c...

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