From 11 May 2026, cryptoasset firms preparing for the new FSMA regime will be able to request a pre-application meeting with us via our Pre-Application Support Service (PASS)[3].
Pre-application meetings are free of charge and give firms the opportunity to discuss their plans with us and ask questions before submitting an application for authorisation or variation of existing permissions.
This comes ahead of the new regime for cryptoasset regulation, where firms wanting to undertake the new regulated cryptoasset activities will need to be authorised by us.
The pre-application meetings will take place from July 2026 but we will schedule them as requests come in.
The authorisation gateway will open on 30 September 2026 and the new regime will commence 25 October 2027.
Find out more about the new regime for cryptoasset regulation.[4]