The UK plans to implement a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto assets by October 2027.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the UK plans to bring crypto assets under the regulatory purview of financial services by October 2027. The HM Treasury submitted the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Crypto Assets) Regulations 2025 to Parliament in December 2025, aiming to bring activities such as operating trading platforms, custody, staking, and lending into a formal authorization system.

The FCA has released three consultation papers proposing similar governance, disclosure, anti-market manipulation, and prudent capital requirements to those applied to trading platforms, token issuers, and service providers, similar to those in traditional finance. Furthermore, the UK government has launched an independent review of foreign financial interference, assessing the risks of political financing, including cryptocurrency donations; the report is expected to be completed in March 2026.