Policy Event Β· High impact

HMRC Sends More Than 81,000 Crypto Tax Warning Letters

HMRC reportedly sent more than 81,000 warning letters to crypto holders suspected of underpaying tax in the 2025/2026 fiscal year, nearly tripling the prior-year volume. The campaign increases pressure on exchanges and wallet providers to support auditable transaction exports and tax-reporting evidence.

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APAC FINSTAB analysis

Although this is outside core APAC, it is relevant because global market-structure, enforcement, and stablecoin precedents often shape licensing expectations for APAC exchanges, issuers, custodians, and DeFi teams. Protocols/assets in scope: BTC, ETH. Named institutions or platforms: HMRC, Protos. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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