TechFlow, April 9 — According to Cointelegraph, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to launch a new "gateway" authorization regime in 2026 that will expand its regulatory scope over crypto asset activities. The framework will cover multiple areas including stablecoin issuance, payment services, lending, and exchanges.
Matthew Long, FCA's Director of Payments and Digital Assets, said the new framework will significantly broaden regulation compared to the previous approach focused solely on anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. Industry insiders noted that this regulatory framework could have significant implications for infrastructure builders such as layer-2 networks (L2) and cross-chain transaction platforms, and may serve as a reference for other countries formulating similar policies.
