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FCA policy, institutional products, startups, and the UK’s digital asset regulatory roadmap.

ETF

UK lifts retail ban on crypto ETPs, unlocking access to a £800B market

With ISA approval looming, the market could see billions in untapped demand for crypto exposure.

3 months ago

City of London scene with the Bank of England behind an unlocked pound padlock as teal streams bearing accurate USDT and corrected USDC logos surge into glowing Bitcoin and Ethereum symbols over bright market panels.

Regulation

Will BoE’s ‘exemptions’ supercharge stablecoin rails into BTC and ETH?

The UK is softening caps: here’s how that could redirect billions across exchanges and banks.

3 months ago

Photorealistic iPhone with a Bitcoin wallet screen sends glowing data streams to an Apple iCloud cloud beside a UK emblem and Big Ben, hinting at government access risk to keys.

Featured

Will Apple give governments Bitcoin private key backups via $80M iCloud backdoor?

iCloud Keychain stays encrypted end-to-end, but backups, Photos, and Notes don’t. Here’s how a UK-only carve-out could open a small but real attack surface for Bitcoin private keys.

3 months ago

London scene shows a massive padlocked evidence case of gold Bitcoins over the Thames with Union Jack light, a crown-and-scales icon, caution stripes, and a jagged risk graph hinting at 61k BTC in legal limbo.

Crime

Will $7.2B BTC in seized Bitcoin crash the market in January?

A ruling on loss vs. mark-to-market will decide who gets the upside and how coins hit the market.

3 months ago

Federal Reserve seal—accurate eagle, striped shield, and laurel wreath—dominates the bright 16:9 scene as glowing token coins arc from the Fed building toward institutional columns under a connected globe.

Macro

Late-2025 crypto investor playbook: Rate cuts, regulation, ETFs, and stablecoins converge

For investors, late 2025 presents an environment characterized by shifts in interest rates, regulatory harmonization, ETF approvals, and the introduction of new stablecoin and custody frameworks.

3 months ago

A bright, cinematic London scene shows red tape morphing into fluttering red flags around a glowing smartphone with a QR-like ID icon, under watchful CCTV cameras and the blurred silhouette of Big Ben.

Censorship

From red tape to red flags, Britain’s compulsory Digital ID

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer annouced a new "compulsory" digital ID in the country to solve illegal immigration and ensure strong border controls.

3 months ago

Bank of England and London skyline as glowing £ tokens flow along a blockchain into a vault beside a smartphone and card.

Macro

6 major banks bet on crypto with programmable deposits to finally shrink fraud

Quant tapped for UK bank testing programmable deposits to curb fraud by 15%.

3 months ago

A gleaming transatlantic pipeline carries glowing crypto symbols between sunlit London and New York skylines as UK and US flags billow overhead, symbolizing aligned market plumbing

Adoption

Who benefits most from new global superpower deal to revamp Bitcoin market?

New task force seeks unified crypto standards, opening cross-border liquidity in months.

3 months ago

Bright photorealistic montage shows UK and US flags flanking scales of justice and glowing crypto icons on a conference table, with Westminster and the U.S. Capitol connected by a luminous network under clear daylight.

Regulation

UK and US establish joint task force to develop crypto regulation framework

The task force will report within 180 days to both finance ministries through the UK-US Financial Regulatory Working Group with recommendations on digital asset cooperation.

3 months ago