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PS26/18: The FCA’s New Perimeter Guidance for Crypto Safeguarding, Explained
ByAlan 05/10/202605/10/2026

Published 2 October 2026 On 16 September 2026, two weeks before its cryptoasset authorisation gateway opened, the FCA published PS26/18, its policy statement on Perimeter Guidance (PERG) for the new UK cryptoasset regime. The timing was not an accident. Firms needed to know, before they could even start an application, whether what they do actually…

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CASS

FCA Finalises CASS 17: A New Safeguarding Regime for Crypto Custodians
ByAlan 22/08/202622/08/2026

On 30 June 2026 the FCA published the core rulebook for the UK’s new cryptoasset regime — five policy statements (PS26/9 through PS26/13) covering everything from stablecoin issuance to market abuse. Buried in that package, but arguably the single most consequential piece for firms already living inside CASS, is the creation of CASS 17: a…

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