UK Plans to Lower Capital Buffer Requirements for Stablecoin Issuers, Standards Below EU MiCA

According to CoinDesk, the UK Financial Conduct Authority has released a draft cryptoasset regulatory framework, proposing to lower the capital buffer requirement for stablecoin issuers from 2% to 1%, which is lower than similar requirements under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The regulator stated that this move aims to enhance the applicability and operability of the regulatory framework while maintaining overall prudential regulatory intensity.