Can You Buy Crypto With a Credit Card in the UK?
Your card issuer decides first: HSBC UK refuses credit card crypto purchases. What the FCA has published on credit, and when its regime applies.
Regulation
What 'Take 2 Mins to Learn More' Means on Crypto Adverts
The last line of the FCA's crypto risk warning, clause by clause: what 'Take 2 mins to learn more' links to, and why two wordings circulate.
Why Can't UK Crypto Exchanges Offer Refer-a-Friend Bonuses?
FCA rule COBS 4.12A.7R bans incentives in UK crypto promotions. What it catches, from referral bonuses to cashback, and what it leaves alone.
What Is the Crypto Appropriateness Test in the UK?
The quiz before your first UK crypto purchase is the FCA's appropriateness assessment: what COBS 10.2 requires, the 12 matters it should cover, retakes.
What Is the 24-Hour Cooling-Off Period for Crypto in the UK?
The FCA's 24-hour cooling-off for first-time crypto investors, read from the Handbook and the FCA's notice, set beside what UK platforms actually do.
My Exchange Isn't FCA Authorised: What Happens to My Crypto?
Three states a UK crypto exchange can be in when the FCA regime starts on 25 October 2027, and what each means for existing contracts and new ones.
HMRC Publishes Its First Crypto Gains Numbers
The annual Capital Gains Tax statistics gained a new Table 10 on 27 August — the first official figures on declared cryptoasset gains. What the data counts, and what it does not.
The Bank of England's New Objective on Digital Money
Ministers will hand the Bank a secondary objective covering innovation in payment systems and digital money, stablecoins included. What a secondary objective actually is — and what it is not.
Why Your Exchange Wants Your Tax Details
UK cryptoasset firms have had to collect customer and transaction information since January under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework. What the self-certification prompt means — and what it does not.
Stablecoin Rules Land
The FCA is finalising rules for firms and stablecoin issuers under the new UK regime. Here's what issuer regulation means in plain English — and what it doesn't promise.
Market-Abuse Rules Take Shape
The FCA's cryptoasset market-abuse consultation closed on 10 August. Here's what a market-abuse regime means in plain English, and what the regulator has said comes next.