Global financial markets are experiencing a wave of blockchain adoption. Settlement is shifting toward real-time, always-on rails. Tokenised funds, onchain repo markets and digital collateral are becoming part of mainstream financial activity. Most notably, this transition is being driven not only by crypto-native firms, but increasingly by the largest institutions in global finance.

With the new regulatory regime for cryptoassets set for 2027 and the Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) now entering its go-live phase, the UK has made important progress to encourage digital asset adoption. But to become a leader in the financial markets of the future, and capitalise on current advantages as a financial services hub, the UK needs to move with…