{"id":673990,"date":"2026-10-21T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/uk-financial-watchdog-opens-consultations-for-defi-guidance-crypto-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:52:40","slug":"uk-financial-watchdog-opens-consultations-for-defi-guidance-crypto-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/uk-financial-watchdog-opens-consultations-for-defi-guidance-crypto-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"UK financial watchdog opens consultations for DeFi guidance, crypto laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority consultations came just weeks after the agency opened applications for companies under its new crypto regulatory regime.<\/p>\n

The UK\u2019s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced two consultation periods for how companies using decentralized finance can comply with its guidance, and exclusions for certain crypto assets following \u201crecent legislative changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a Wednesday notice, the FCA opened<\/a> consultation periods for helping DeFi companies comply with the financial watchdog\u2019s rules on money laundering and financial crime. The agency also announced a consultation for \u201cexclusions from cryptoasset regulation,\u201d citing recent legislation in the country.<\/p>\n

Regarding DeFi, the FCA said that the proposed guidance \u201cseeks to clarify existing rules rather than establish new policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority consultations came just weeks after the agency opened applications for companies under its new crypto regulatory regime. The UK\u2019s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced two consultation periods for how companies using decentralized finance can comply with its guidance, and exclusions for certain crypto assets following \u201crecent legislative changes.\u201d In a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":673991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-673990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}