{"id":674367,"date":"2026-10-22T12:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/the-uk-needs-a-workable-route-to-regulated-defi-access\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:52:40","slug":"the-uk-needs-a-workable-route-to-regulated-defi-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/the-uk-needs-a-workable-route-to-regulated-defi-access\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK needs a workable route to regulated DeFi access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/10\/01M5HHQJ6G4J091462661VC59G\/hi-defi-revolution-during-a-global-crisis.png\" alt=\"The UK needs a workable route to regulated DeFi access\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s 2027 crypto rules risk a de facto ban on regulated firms providing access to DeFi, argues Coinbase\u2019s European policy head Katie Harries.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Opinion by Katie Harries, head of policy, Europe, Coinbase<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom is approaching a choice that could define its financial future: should decentralized finance (DeFi) be allowed to develop through regulated gateways or will it be constrained to a silo?<\/p>\n<p>This is not just relevant to crypto enthusiasts; it goes to the future of capital markets, the competitiveness of the City and the UK\u2019s ability to shape the next generation of financial infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/opinion\/uk-crypto-rules-regulated-defi-access\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK\u2019s 2027 crypto rules risk a de facto ban on regulated firms providing access to DeFi, argues Coinbase\u2019s European policy head Katie Harries. Opinion by Katie Harries, head of policy, Europe, Coinbase The United Kingdom is approaching a choice that could define its financial future: should decentralized finance (DeFi) be allowed to develop through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":674368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-674367","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\/674367","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=674367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}