9/26/2025 3:12:34 PM FCA invites discussion on applying its Handbook to cryptoasset firms By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Robert Stevens +1 more... Show less The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation and discussion paper on 17 September 2025 outlining its proposals for...
9/26/2025 3:10:03 PM FCA publishes proposals for applying its Handbook to cryptoasset firms By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Robert Stevens +1 more... Show less The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper on 17 September 2025 outlining its proposals for applying the...
5/9/2025 10:16:12 AM FCA publishes discussion paper outlining its proposed approach to regulating certain cryptoasset activities By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt Aleena Mann +1 more... Show less On 29 April 2025, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument in near-final form which will introduce a regulatory regime for...
1/21/2025 12:33:28 PM Freshfields Fintech: Our Predictions for 2025 By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop David Sewell Emma Probyn Rikki Haria Daphne van der Houwen Christine Simpson Eva Schneider Daniel Klingenbrunn Nariné Atamian Tristan Lockwood Noah Schmidt +9 more... Show less As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we have crowdsourced predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields global fintech team....
1/2/2025 3:24:29 PM MiCAR perimeter issues – tokenized deposits and payment services By Alexander Glos Daniel Klingenbrunn As far as MiCAR is concerned, December 2024 was a busy month for both market participants and competent authorities. On 17 December 2024,...
12/30/2024 5:07:53 PM Grandfathering under MiCA – how member states approach the transitional regime – December 2024 update By Janina Heinz Daphne van der Houwen Daniel Klingenbrunn Eva Schneider Steffie De Backer +2 more... Show less This post is an update of our previous post published on June 21, 2024. The harmonisation of European financial services law for...
12/20/2024 3:09:16 PM FCA publishes discussion paper on admissions and disclosures and the market abuse regime for cryptoassets By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Christopher Bernard Noah Schmidt Eden Elder +4 more... Show less On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
12/2/2024 3:50:58 PM Regulating cryptoassets in the UK: a guide to the road ahead By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Finally! Avid readers of Freshfields blogs might remember from our post last autumn that the UK government and financial regulators in...
8/1/2024 12:22:28 PM Law Commission publishes Draft Bill on digital assets as personal property By Emma Probyn Claire Harrop Christine Simpson Georgia Onslow +1 more... Show less On 30 July 2024 the Law Commission of England and Wales published a supplemental report and amended draft bill which would introduce a...
6/21/2024 6:46:49 PM Grandfathering under MiCA – how member states approach the transitional regime By Janina Heinz Daphne van der Houwen Daniel Klingenbrunn Eva Schneider Steffie De Backer Eloi Roche +3 more... Show less The harmonisation of European financial services law for cryptocurrencies is approaching with great strides, or is it? As per the...
5/24/2024 6:05:54 PM Self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin found to have lied by English court: Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson George Ho Jason Hu +1 more... Show less Background Since 2016, Dr Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist, has been asserting intellectual property rights against...
5/10/2024 3:58:50 PM Obtaining judgments against Persons Unknown – a welcome return to the status quo for victims of crypto fraud in England & Wales By Emma Probyn Christine Simpson Qifei Zou In its recent decision in Mooij v Persons Unknown [2024] WHC 814 (Comm), the High Court of England and Wales granted summary judgment and...