{"id":29114,"date":"2025-05-28T21:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=29114"},"modified":"2025-05-28T21:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:01:45","slug":"uks-fca-seeks-views-on-stablecoins-crypto-custody-to-prevent-firm-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=29114","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s FCA Seeks Views on Stablecoins, Crypto Custody to Prevent Firm Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The U.K.&#8217;s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking additional views on its upcoming stablecoins regime, it said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In support of the opportunities stablecoins present to financial services and the broader economy, the FCA will explore adding a specific focus on stablecoins to its innovation services in the coming months,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/news\/press-releases\/fca-seeks-further-views-stablecoins-and-crypto-custody#:~:text=The%20FCA%27s%20proposed%20rules%20aim,backing%20assets%20are%20being%20managed.\">FCA&#8217;s statement<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The FCA&#8217;s proposed rules are meant to ensure stablecoins maintain their value and seek to reduce the likelihood of stablecoin and crypto custody companies failing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Stablecoins have been something regulators have been watching carefully following the collapse of the algorithmic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/learn\/what-is-a-stablecoin\/\">stablecoin<\/a> terraUSD in 2022 that resulted in investors losing out on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/learn\/the-fall-of-terra-a-timeline-of-the-meteoric-rise-and-crash-of-ust-and-luna\">life savings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The FCA has been establishing its new crypto regime since 2023. In 2023 it published a discussion paper with proposals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2023\/11\/08\/uks-tough-crypto-regulator-fca-wont-go-easy-on-stablecoins-official-says\">for a stablecoins regime<\/a>. The regulator has since upped its efforts to regulate the sector by releasing a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2025\/05\/02\/uks-fca-seeks-public-and-industry-views-on-crypto-regulation\">discussion papers for the industry<\/a> and the U.K. government is working on establishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/04\/29\/uk-government-releases-draft-crypto-rules\">new legislation<\/a> to ensure the country&#8217;s regulators have all the powers they need to launch their new regimes for the digital asset sector.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The FCA will be working with the Bank of England to regulate stablecoins.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For those stablecoins that expect to operate at systemic scale, the Bank of England will publish a complementary consultation paper later this year, including responding to industry feedback around allowing some return on backing assets,&#8221; Sarah Breeden, deputy governor for financial stability at the Bank of England said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.K.&#8217;s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking additional views on its upcoming stablecoins regime, it said on Wednesday. &#8220;In support of the opportunities stablecoins present to financial services and the broader economy, the FCA will explore adding a specific focus on stablecoins to its innovation services in the coming months,&#8221; the FCA&#8217;s statement said. 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