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In-built flexibility makes UK’s DLT sandbox more appealing than EU’s pilot

By Phoebe Seers and Fanny Roux ( August 14, 2025, 09:01 GMT | Comment) -- The EU's Distributed Ledger Technology pilot and the UK's Digital Securities Sandbox sound like very different beasts, but they have a broadly similar offering: a framework for trading and settling tokenized assets, using DLT in a controlled environment that disapplies certain regulatory requirements. While the EU got its DLT pilot up and running first, its reception has been muted, with only four companies accepted. The UK DSS, on the other hand, has just confirmed its tenth successful entrant. Why has one proved more appealing than the other?Although the EU's Distributed Ledger Technology pilot and the UK's Digital Securities Sandbox sound like very different beasts, they do have a broadly similar offering: a framework for trading and settling tokenized assets, using DLT in a controlled environment that disapplies certain regulatory requirements....

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