Why join our working groups?

CryptoUK’s Working Groups bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to address key challenges in the crypto and digital assets sector. Members collaborate remotely via video conferencing and connect in person through roundtables and networking events, providing opportunities to share insights, showcase expertise, and shape industry policy. Focused on regulation, taxation, financial crime, and ESG, these groups drive best practices and advocate for regulatory clarity—ensuring the UK remains a leader in responsible crypto innovation.

Regulation Working Group

The Regulation Working Group addresses regulatory challenges, reviewing sector issues, consultations, and providing policy recommendations. Meanwhile, our regulation sub-groups focus on political frameworks and operational implementation.

Tax Working Group

The Tax Working Group aims to educate HMRC, HMT, the Treasury Select Committee, and the OECD on the complexities of DA taxation. Through sub-groups focused on DAOs, DeFi, and NFTs, it addresses restrictive guidelines that push UK crypto innovation offshore.

Financial Crime Working Group

The Financial Crime Working Group aims to address various topics, forming sub-groups for key areas. Key topics include FATF Travel Rule implementation, sanctions compliance, KYC challenges, blockchain alert investigations, DeFi risks, transaction monitoring, and data quality.

ESG Working Group

The ESG Working Group addresses key sustainability, inclusion, and reporting issues in the crypto sector. The group aims to drive industry-wide change by raising ESG awareness, advocating for practical regulation, and highlighting the sector’s positive ESG impact.

Ready to participate?

CryptoUK’s Working Groups play a vital role in shaping the future of the UK’s crypto and digital asset sector. By bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and experts, we drive meaningful discussions, influence policy, and help create a regulatory environment that fosters innovation while ensuring compliance and sustainability. If you’re passionate about contributing to these efforts and want to have a voice in shaping the industry, we invite you to join us. Enquire about membership today and be part of the conversation that’s shaping the future of crypto in the UK.

Terms of engagement

Working Group Chairs

  • Chairs of the Group - will commit time pre each call/ meeting to prepare an agenda (in collaboration with CryptoUK), follow up on any outstanding action points, and circulate 48hrs in advance of each call
  • Chair will take the lead in chairing the meeting/ call supported by CryptoUK
  • Chair/ CUK will compile and circulate minutes and actions post meeting - within 24hrs to all attendees/ participants

Participants of Working Group

  • Attendance at each meeting or a suitable delegated attendee (briefed in advance and with agenda/ actions shared in advance)
  • Where applicable active contribution to the discussions
  • Participants will commit to executing any outstanding actions in a timely fashion as requested by the Chair and/or agreed within the WG meeting

CryptoUK Commitment

  • Make the opportunity to participate in Working Groups available to all members of the association
  • Support and coordinate the planning and scheduling of meetings alongside the nominated chairs
  • Be open to suggestions of WG topics/themes from all members and agree on feasibility
  • Attribute any responses submitted to our members (unless requested otherwise)
  • Coordinate and manage all response submissions to regulators/ government/ policy makers
  • Socialise and publicise (where appropriate) all responses and Working Group outputs on our website and marketing channels