Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

(asked on 17th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his USA counterpart under the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future on mutual recognition of UK and US cryptoasset firms, aligned disclosure standards, and ensuring that decentralised protocols are not regulated as financial infrastructure.


Answered by
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Lucy Rigby
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 5th January 2026

The Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future was established by HM Treasury and the US Treasury on 22 September.

Its purpose is to bring the world’s leading financial centres together to develop concrete policy options and recommendations on further financial market innovation, with a particular focus on digital assets and capital markets. Innovation in these industries will be central to the government’s mission for economic growth.

Further details can be found here: Boosting collaboration between UK and US financial systems to drive innovation and growth in global markets - GOV.UK

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