A new UK fraud review recommends training judges and magistrates for AI-enabled fraud and cryptocurrency money laundering cases as estimated offences reach 4.1 million.
The U.S. and UK issued five digital-asset recommendations and a 10-point stablecoin statement, seeking cross-border rules for tokenized securities, collateral and private digital money.
The FCA's final UK crypto rules put exchanges, custody, stablecoins, staking and market abuse on an authorisation clock before the regime begins in October 2027.
Coinbase said its new UK MiFID license will let UK users trade derivatives and equities alongside crypto as Britain tightens digital-asset rules.
The Bank of England dropped individual stablecoin holding limits, set a £40 billion cap per systemic coin and raised permitted UK gilt backing to 70%.
The UK FCA proposed allowing UCITS and NURS funds to hold crypto ETNs up to 10% of scheme property, extending retail access beyond direct brokerage accounts.