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UK Lords Urge Bank Of England To Reconsider Stablecoin Limits

The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee published its stablecoin report and urged the Bank of England to reconsider proposed holding limits and unremunerated central-bank-deposit backing requirements. The report could soften the UK path for GBP stablecoin issuance and systemic stablecoin supervision.

High impact๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United KingdomStablecoinRegulationGBPHouse of LordsBank of EnglandFCA

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: GBP. Named institutions or platforms: House of Lords, Bank of England, FCA. 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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