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US, UK Outline Recommendations to Align Stablecoin and Tokenization Rules
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The U.S. and UK have laid out a joint roadmap for aligning how they regulate stablecoins, tokenized assets, and digital money, a coordinated push by two of the world's largest financial centres to let blockchain-based finance move more easily across the Atlantic.
Key facts
- The 10 recommendations, published Tuesday by HM Treasury and the U.S. Treasury, come from the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Treasury Secretary
- The U.S. is implementing the GENIUS Act ahead of a 2027 effective date, while the UK's own cryptoasset regime is due to take effect in October 2027
- NEW: UK and US team up on digital assets, capital markets and issue joint statement on stablecoins
- For the UK, the recommendations build on an ambition to “minimize frictions” between the two countries, as outlined by Economic Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby in May, when she suggested that it “may well take the form of some forms of recognition or alignment
Summary
The U.S. and UK Treasuries have published 10 joint recommendations to align their regulation of stablecoins, tokenized assets, and capital markets, five of them focused on digital assets. The recommendations, from a taskforce set up during President Trump's 2025 UK state visit, add no binding rules but set a shared direction, including a private-sector group to test cross-border tokenization and a joint statement backing stablecoins.