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UK FCA Gets 123 Tokenization Responses, Plans Joint Roadmap With Bank of England

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published industry feedback on its plans for tokenized financial markets, drawing 123 responses from industry groups, financial firms and legal academics, Cointelegraph reported. Most of those respondents identified post-trade processes — in particular the movement of collateral between parties — as the main opportunity for tokenization to take hold. […]

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UK’s FCA reportedly weighs lifting ban on prediction markets for retail investors

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reportedly opened discussions with prediction market companies about whether to lift a ban that has barred retail investors from accessing platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi since 2019. According to a Friday report from The Times, the regulator is weighing whether to relax the prohibition on binary […]

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UK policy sprint finds cross-border payments are stablecoins’ top use case

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has concluded that cross-border payments represent the most promising near-term application for stablecoins, while domestic retail adoption is expected to be slower, according to findings from its recent policy initiative. FCA Stablecoin Sprint highlights key use cases The FCA published results from its March 2026 Stablecoin Sprint, a policy […]