A timeline of key UK regulatory developments relating to cryptoassets
This article summarises key developments since 2017 in the approach to cryptoassets of the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’) and other UK regulatory stakeholders. 2017 April 2017: FCA Discussion Paper on distributed ledger technology (‘DP17/3’) The FCA publishes a discussion paper with the aim of starting a dialogue on the potential for the future development of the distributed ledger technology (‘DLT’) markets it regulates, and to explore where the balance of risks and opportunities lie in relation to DLT....