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The UK’s top financial regulator preparing to roll out full crypto regulations in 2026, but with an approach very different from traditional finance. Instead of applying banking-style rules to the fast-changing digital asset market, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants a framework that better fits the risks and realities of crypto.
The move signals crypto is different, and it needs its own rulebook.
Why Old Rules Don’t Fit New Assets
At the heart of the plan is a simple idea, old financial templates don’t fit a market built on permissionless technology and extreme volatility.
David Geale, the FCA’s executive director for payments and digital finance, explained that simply copying banking rules onto crypto would not work. “If it’s the same risk, you go for the same regulatory outcome, but some of these things are very different.
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