The passing of the UK's Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 recognises digital assets as legal property, fundamentally reshaping the future landscape of financial markets. This article explores why modern market infrastructure remains the missing link for true 24/7 digital markets and why the UK is now uniquely positioned to lead, thanks to its regulatory clarity and commitment to building a digital economy.

The UK authorisation of our net settlement service for digital assets is more than just a license, says our Head of Product, Oliver Margolis. CT Settle is the first building block a market structure institutions can trust, bringing post-trade certainty, capital efficiency, and governed rails that turn innovation into a sustainable market.

Why the triggering of auto-deleveraging during recent crypto crisis reveals critical structural gaps, and how ClearToken’s clearing house will bring resilience and transparency

Drawing lessons from recent crypto market volatility, examines what the 2008 Lehman Brothers collapse would have looked like in a 24/7 digital market. He argues that without true settlement finality, a legal certainty most current DLT systems lack, a major insolvency could allow settled trades to be unwound, paralysing the market and creating systemic risk.

While blockchain technology offers operational assurances and the promise of immutable ledgers, true settlement finality is a legal concept, not a feature of code. Without enforceable legal frameworks, digital asset transactions remain vulnerable to reversal, dispute, and systemic risk.

Examine the structural challenges in both on-chain and off-chain digital asset settlement models and why a regulated digital CSD is essential to enabling institutional adoption. Through historical parallels and real-world market failures, this paper outlines the lessons that must be learned to ensure the safe, scalable, and efficient evolution of digital asset markets.

Discover how the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox is unlocking innovation in post-trade settlement and learn how ClearToken is pioneering 24/7 settlement, fractional ownership, and greater efficiency in digital markets.

Digital assets promise real-time settlement, but reality falls short—manual processes, counterparty risk, and fragmentation persist. Learn how proven financial market infrastructure can unlock efficiency, security, and scalability.

The first in a 3-part series, our new White Paper considers the centrality of trust to the safe evolution of digital asset markets through key historical parallels, the limitations of code, necessary regulatory developments and the transformative potential of tokenisation.

Our White Paper explores the key benefits of centralised clearing and why it matters for the future of institutional participation in digital assets.