Golden Finance reported that the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) opened the Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) for applications at the end of September, easing certain rules for DLT market infrastructure. The two entities currently announced to have received preliminary approval are (expected) Central Securities Depository (CSD) Montis (owned by Archax) and ClearToken, the latter of which plans to operate as a central clearing house for crypto and tokenized assets. ClearToken has received support from companies such as Nomura Securities' Laser Digital and Standard Chartered's Zodia Custody.