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Cryptoassets are becoming a more common feature of customer activity, exposing firms to new financial crime risks through onboarding, source of wealth assessments, sanctions reviews and transaction monitoring. This article explores how organisations can identify those exposures, investigate crypto-related activity and assess whether existing controls remain appropriate.

A looks at the FCA's new wind-down planning requirement for cryptoasset firms as the authorisation gateway opens, and why firms should start preparing their wind-down plan now.

A look at this summer's wave of digital asset exchange exits, and the importance of an orderly wind-down ahead of the FCA’s cryptoasset authorisation regime.

The digital assets sector faces major regulatory and reporting changes from 2026. Learn what CARF, new FCA rules and rising financial‑crime risks mean for firms

From Oct 2027, cryptoassets will enter a new FCA regulatory regime, signalling a major shift for UK crypto compliance, investor protection and market oversight.

In this complex digitalasset fraud case, forensic specialists, civil litigators and US law enforcement partnered to trace, freeze and recover stablecoins by burn-and-remint mechanism. This was the first UK-instructed case of its kind and demonstrated how coordinated public‑private action can outpace increasingly sophisticated scam techniques.

UK crypto regulation is accelerating as the FCA issues new consultations. Learn what firms must do to prepare for authorisation under the incoming regime.

The new UK regulations that bring CRS 2.0 and CARF into force are live and most of the new obligations commence on 1 January 2026. Under the new UK regulations we now have an enhanced penalty regime and mandatory registration for UK financial institutions, combined with increasing interactions with HMRC around data quality and compliance frameworks.

Discover how CRS 2.0 and CARF are transforming global tax reporting. Learn what financial institutions must do now to stay ahead of crypto compliance.

Following the recent changes arising out of the presidential handover in the US, we look at whether the UK can navigate through the current shift of momentum to foster innovation and growth in digital assets in the longer term, and whether the UK is still well placed to be a leader in digital assets.

Understand the background to the FCA's proposals for crypto regulation, and find out about key dates and focus areas.