On 15 September 2022 the long-awaited transition to a 'proof-of-stake' consensus mechanism on Ethereum—referred to as 'The Merge'—finally...

In the introduction to its recent consultation on Digital Assets, the Law Commission states that it is proposing few changes to the law,...

On Monday 8 August the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado...

Until not so long ago, lawyers like me would have to trawl the internet for a whispered mention of crypto from a regulator, and it took...

Last week the PRA published a letter directed to the CEOs of banks and PRA-designated investment firms regarding their exposures to...

In a new report published last week, the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England began formalising its position on the...

The FCA has published a consultation paper setting out its approach to strengthening its financial promotion rules for high risk...

What feels several lifetimes ago in the world of crypto, in July 2020, HM Treasury published a consultation on bringing cryptoassets into...

Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the...

Yesterday John Glen, the economic secretary to the Treasury, made a statement on the progress made regarding the development of a UK...

The Legal 500 Blockchain UK chapter for 2021—contributed by Slaughter and May—has been published. For the first time, this year's chapter...

Do cryptoassets pose a risk to the stability of the UK's financial system? In a speech published on 13 October, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy...

Recent months have seen an explosion in the popularity (and value) of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).  An NFT is a unique (non-fungible)...

Are they the next big thing or is it all hype? Will they revolutionise the art world or destroy it? Whatever your view, non-fungible...

The last few weeks have seen a number of cryptoasset milestones reach the mainstream press - in that context it is perhaps a tad...

The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has publicly consulted on draft new Digital Dispute Resolution Rules that can be incorporated into...