ESMA has published a final report containing a revised version of the Guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers. The amended Guidelines are set out in Annex II.

ESMA has published a statement on the potential risks and issues that may arise when authorised cryptoasset service providers (CASPs) offer both MiCA-reg­u­lated and unregulated products and services. It has also set out guidance on avoiding mis­per­cep­tions when CASPs offer unregulated products and ser­vices.

ESMA has published a final report containing guidelines specifying the criteria for assessing the knowledge and competence of staff at crypto-asset service providers who provide information or advice on crypto-assets and services under MiCA. The guidelines are set out in Annex III of the final report and will be translated into the official EU languages and published on ESMA's website. They will apply from six months after their pub­lic­a­tion.

FCA has published an outcomes report following its Open Finance Sprint in March 2025. The focus of the Sprint was on developing practical data-sharing use cases ideas to support 4 opportunity areas: financial wellbeing, financial growth, financial resilience and better consumer empowerment through digital verification. FCA plans to publish a roadmap for open finance by March 2026. To support this work, it also plans to share a research note later in 2025.

FCA reports that it is planning to review its client cat­egor­isa­tion rules in order to unlock more opportunities for wealthy investors and support capital markets.  FCA will be consulting on the elective professional client cat­egor­isa­tion later this year.