{"id":221,"date":"2026-02-26T12:18:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=221"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:18:53","slug":"uk-regulator-taps-revolut-and-three-others-for-landmark-stablecoin-sandbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"UK Regulator Taps Revolut and Three Others for Landmark Stablecoin Sandbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UK&#8217;s <strong>Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)<\/strong> has officially selected four companies to pilot stablecoin solutions within a dedicated &#8220;regulatory sandbox.&#8221; Out of 20 applicants, <strong>Revolut<\/strong>, <strong>Monee Financial Technologies<\/strong>, <strong>ReStabilise<\/strong>, and <strong>VVTX<\/strong> were chosen to test their digital asset products under real-market conditions with active regulatory oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Laboratory for Future Finance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is designed to bridge the gap between innovation and legislation. By allowing these firms to operate within a controlled environment, the FCA aims to refine its upcoming supervisory policies through practical application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key areas of focus for the regulator include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Issuance Protocols:<\/strong> Deeply analyzing how stablecoins are minted and managed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diverse Utility:<\/strong> The selected firms cover a broad spectrum of use cases, ranging from retail payments and wholesale settlements to high-frequency crypto trading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Direct Feedback:<\/strong> Each participant will receive specialized guidance from FCA experts, directly influencing the final regulatory framework for the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthening the UK Digital Hub<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Long, the FCA\u2019s Director of Payments and Digital Assets, emphasized that this initiative is a core component of the government&#8217;s <strong>National Payments Vision<\/strong>. By supporting domestic stablecoin issuers, the FCA intends to build a foundation of trust in digital transactions, benefiting both everyday consumers and large-scale financial institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The testing phase is scheduled to launch in the <strong>first quarter of 2026<\/strong>. The data and insights gathered from these trials will be instrumental in shaping the UK&#8217;s definitive stablecoin rules, expected to be finalized later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK&#8217;s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has officially selected four companies to pilot stablecoin solutions within a dedicated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}