What happened
- Specific facts/numbers: ClearToken CSD Limited received Bank of England Gate 2 approval in the Digital Securities Sandbox; searchable official snippets show the Bank of England sandbox approval notice was dated 18 September 2026, while ClearToken’s own announcement was dated 22 September 2026.
- Institutions involved: The institutions named in the reporting are ClearToken CSD Limited, the Bank of England, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority through the Digital Securities Sandbox framework.
- Regulatory/technical context: The event concerns approval to operate a Digital Securities Depository in the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox for tokenised securities infrastructure under Bank of England supervision.
- What to watch next: Watch for operational launch details and any further approvals tied to broader asset coverage; no specific next milestone was identified from a successfully read current official source.
Why it matters
It signals continued movement from sandbox testing toward live regulated tokenised-securities infrastructure in the UK.
HKMA Relevance
Direct: This is Bank of England action on tokenised-securities market infrastructure, a central-bank policy area closely parallel to the HKMA’s own work on tokenisation and financial-market infrastructure.