Policy

GBBC has submitted its response to the FCA’s CP25/25 (Part II), covering high-level standards, governance, operational resilience, outsourcing, and financial-crime requirements for cryptoasset firms entering the FSMA regime.

Our response supports the FCA’s direction of embedding crypto within existing financial-services standards, while highlighting the need for clear mapping guidance, proportionate calibration, and international coherence (particularly with MiCA and DORA).

GBBC has submitted its response to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) consultation on how data-protection law applies to distributed-ledger technologies.

Hong Kong's new Stablecoins Ordinance went into effect on August 1, 2025, establishing a licensing regime for the regulation and issuance of stablecoins in Hong Kong.

GBBC welcomes the FCA’s principles-based approach and its commitment to proportionate, outcomes-focused regulation. We stand ready to assist the FCA in refining guidance for implementation

For industry stakeholders, now is a crucial moment to understand how trilogue negotiations and parliamentary processes truly work in the EU. GBBC has prepared a fact card as a resource to help navigate this complex procedural landscape

GBBC, with input from its members, has submitted its response to the Law Commission’s consultation on private international law aspects of digital assets and electronic trade documents (ETDs)

GBBC supports the FCA’s goals of market integrity and resilience, but cautions that the current proposals may introduce unnecessary complexity, especially for decentralized or early-stage firms

GBBC supports the FCA’s objectives but raises concerns about legal ambiguity, operational complexity, and market competitiveness under the current proposals

GBBC welcomes this proposal as a proportionate and risk-sensitive evolution of the UK regulatory perimeter, aligned with international competitiveness and the maturing cryptoasset infrastructure.

We remain committed to helping shape a regulatory environment that supports responsible innovation and maintains the UK’s leadership in digital finance.

We welcome this important opportunity to contribute to a balanced framework that protects data privacy while enabling responsible blockchain innovation in Europe.

GBBC welcomes this important step toward legal clarity for cryptoassets in the UK. Our response focuses on ensuring the final framework is both operationally clear and innovation-friendly.

GBBC's fact card breaking down UK’s Draft Statutory Instrument on Cryptoassets, published by HM Treasury on April 29, 2025

GBBC and our members have submitted a response to the ESMA Consultation Paper on Guidelines for the assessment of knowledge and competence under MiCA.

GBBC, with the help of our members, is pleased to have submitted a response to UK FCA Discussion Paper 24/4: Regulating Cryptoassets – Admissions & Disclosures and Market Abuse Regime for Cryptoassets

GBBC appreciates HM Treasury’s initiative to develop a growth plan for the UK’s financial services sector

Learn more about the E.U., European entities, and key E.U. institutions.

GBBC is delighted to share our response to the Bank of England's consultation on its approach to innovation in money and payments.

"Global Layer One", a whitepaper focused on the development of a foundation layer for financial networks, was released in June 2024

GBBC is delighted to share our consultation response to ESMA’s Consultation on the Technical Standards specifying certain requirements of MiCA (3rd package)

GBBC, with the help of our members, is pleased to have submitted a response to the Digital Securities Sandbox consultation paper presented by the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

ESMA consultation paper on Reverse Solicitation and Crypto Asset and Security Token Classification

ESMA consultation paper on guidelines on conditions and criteria for the classification of crypto-assets as financial instruments for MiCA implementation

This report seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the organizations’ public and select private engagements with policymakers and industry stakeholders since the beginning of the year and serves as a guide to map the current regulatory landscape and future prospects for digital assets and blockchain technology policies in 2023. 

The GBBC’s Blockchain Central UNGA 2020 brought together 99 speakers from 6 continents.