diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a5da4f64b62..5913ceaa4b17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [State Breaking]
-
 * (store) [#525](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/cosmos-sdk/pull/525) CacheKV speedups
 * (slashing) [#548](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/cosmos-sdk/pull/548) Implement v0.50 slashing bitmap logic
 * (slashing) [#543](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/cosmos-sdk/pull/543) Make slashing not write sign info every block
diff --git a/tests/e2e/authz/tx.go b/tests/e2e/authz/tx.go
index aad6f4cf6749..03d39c79441a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/authz/tx.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/authz/tx.go
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func (s *E2ETestSuite) TestCLITxGrantAuthorization() {
 			},
 			0,
 			true,
-			"invalid character in denomination",
+			"invalid decimal coin expression",
 		},
 		{
 			"valid tx delegate authorization allowed validators",
diff --git a/tests/integration/bank/keeper/deterministic_test.go b/tests/integration/bank/keeper/deterministic_test.go
index 1bc3d4de8cb5..112d11489260 100644
--- a/tests/integration/bank/keeper/deterministic_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/bank/keeper/deterministic_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type DeterministicTestSuite struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	denomRegex   = `[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9/:._-]{2,127}`
+	denomRegex   = sdk.DefaultCoinDenomRegex()
 	addr1        = sdk.MustAccAddressFromBech32("cosmos139f7kncmglres2nf3h4hc4tade85ekfr8sulz5")
 	coin1        = sdk.NewCoin("denom", sdk.NewInt(10))
 	metadataAtom = banktypes.Metadata{
diff --git a/tests/integration/staking/keeper/determinstic_test.go b/tests/integration/staking/keeper/determinstic_test.go
index 08f17fcd8ae8..eefb8c7ec819 100644
--- a/tests/integration/staking/keeper/determinstic_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/staking/keeper/determinstic_test.go
@@ -687,10 +687,9 @@ func (suite *DeterministicTestSuite) TestGRPCRedelegations() {
 }
 
 func (suite *DeterministicTestSuite) TestGRPCParams() {
-	coinDenomRegex := `[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9/:._-]{2,127}`
 	rapid.Check(suite.T(), func(t *rapid.T) {
 		params := stakingtypes.Params{
-			BondDenom:         rapid.StringMatching(coinDenomRegex).Draw(t, "bond-denom"),
+			BondDenom:         rapid.StringMatching(sdk.DefaultCoinDenomRegex()).Draw(t, "bond-denom"),
 			UnbondingTime:     durationGenerator().Draw(t, "duration"),
 			MaxValidators:     rapid.Uint32Min(1).Draw(t, "max-validators"),
 			MaxEntries:        rapid.Uint32Min(1).Draw(t, "max-entries"),
diff --git a/types/coin.go b/types/coin.go
index dbf7dc50cc31..41a8b24f52cf 100644
--- a/types/coin.go
+++ b/types/coin.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
-	"unicode"
 )
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -836,15 +835,30 @@ func (coins Coins) Sort() Coins {
 	return coins
 }
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Parsing
+
 var (
-	reDecAmt = `[[:digit:]]+(?:\.[[:digit:]]+)?|\.[[:digit:]]+`
-	reSpc    = `[[:space:]]*`
+	// Denominations can be 3 ~ 128 characters long and support letters, followed by either
+	// a letter, a number or a separator ('/', ':', '.', '_' or '-').
+	reDnmString = `[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9/:._-]{2,127}`
+	reDecAmt    = `[[:digit:]]+(?:\.[[:digit:]]+)?|\.[[:digit:]]+`
+	reSpc       = `[[:space:]]*`
+	reDnm       *regexp.Regexp
+	reDecCoin   *regexp.Regexp
+)
 
-	coinDenomRegex func() string
+func init() {
+	SetCoinDenomRegex(DefaultCoinDenomRegex)
+}
 
-	reDnm     *regexp.Regexp
-	reDecCoin *regexp.Regexp
-)
+// DefaultCoinDenomRegex returns the default regex string
+func DefaultCoinDenomRegex() string {
+	return reDnmString
+}
+
+// coinDenomRegex returns the current regex string and can be overwritten for custom validation
+var coinDenomRegex = DefaultCoinDenomRegex
 
 // SetCoinDenomRegex allows for coin's custom validation by overriding the regular
 // expression string used for denom validation.
@@ -857,49 +871,12 @@ func SetCoinDenomRegex(reFn func() string) {
 
 // ValidateDenom is the default validation function for Coin.Denom.
 func ValidateDenom(denom string) error {
-	if reDnm == nil || reDecCoin == nil { //nolint:gocritic
-		// Convert the string to a byte slice as required by the Ragel-generated function.
-
-		// Call the Ragel-generated function.
-		if !MatchDenom(denom) { //nolint:gocritic
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid denom: %s", denom)
-		}
-	} else if !reDnm.MatchString(denom) { // If reDnm has been initialized, use it for matching.
+	if !reDnm.MatchString(denom) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid denom: %s", denom)
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
-// isValidRune checks if a given rune is a valid character for a rune.
-// It returns true if the rune is a letter, digit, '/', ':', '.', '_', or '-'.
-func isValidRune(r rune) bool {
-	return unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) || r == '/' || r == ':' || r == '.' || r == '_' || r == '-'
-}
-
-// MatchDenom checks if the given string is a valid denomination.
-// A valid denomination must have a length between 3 and 128 characters,
-// start with a letter, and only contain valid runes.
-func MatchDenom(s string) bool {
-	length := len(s)
-	if length < 3 || length > 128 {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	firstRune := rune(s[0])
-	if !unicode.IsLetter(firstRune) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	for _, r := range s[1:] {
-		if !isValidRune(r) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
-
 func mustValidateDenom(denom string) {
 	if err := ValidateDenom(denom); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/types/coin_test.go b/types/coin_test.go
index 1d8b663017b7..f2337c1586f3 100644
--- a/types/coin_test.go
+++ b/types/coin_test.go
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ func (s *coinTestSuite) TestCoinIsValid() {
 
 func (s *coinTestSuite) TestCustomValidation() {
 	newDnmRegex := `[\x{1F600}-\x{1F6FF}]`
-	reDnmString := `[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9/:._-]{2,127}`
-
 	sdk.SetCoinDenomRegex(func() string {
 		return newDnmRegex
 	})
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ func (s *coinTestSuite) TestCustomValidation() {
 	for i, tc := range cases {
 		s.Require().Equal(tc.expectPass, tc.coin.IsValid(), "unexpected result for IsValid, tc #%d", i)
 	}
-	sdk.SetCoinDenomRegex(func() string { return reDnmString })
+	sdk.SetCoinDenomRegex(sdk.DefaultCoinDenomRegex)
 }
 
 func (s *coinTestSuite) TestCoinsDenoms() {
@@ -1000,33 +998,6 @@ func (s *coinTestSuite) TestParseCoins() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *coinTestSuite) TestValidateDenom() {
-	cases := []struct {
-		input string
-		valid bool
-	}{
-		{"", false},
-		{"stake", true},
-		{"stake,", false},
-		{"me coin", false},
-		{"me coin much", false},
-		{"not a coin", false},
-		{"foo:bar", true}, // special characters '/' | ':' | '.' | '_' | '-' are allowed
-		{"atom10", true},  // number in denom is allowed
-		{"transfer/channelToA/uatom", true},
-		{"ibc/7F1D3FCF4AE79E1554D670D1AD949A9BA4E4A3C76C63093E17E446A46061A7A2", true},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		err := sdk.ValidateDenom(tc.input)
-		if !tc.valid {
-			s.Require().Error(err)
-		} else {
-			s.Require().NoError(err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func (s *coinTestSuite) TestSortCoins() {
 	good := sdk.Coins{
 		sdk.NewInt64Coin("gas", 1),
diff --git a/types/dec_coin.go b/types/dec_coin.go
index a279471db307..42ff885d58a6 100644
--- a/types/dec_coin.go
+++ b/types/dec_coin.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
-	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -622,24 +621,15 @@ func (coins DecCoins) Sort() DecCoins {
 // ParseDecCoin parses a decimal coin from a string, returning an error if
 // invalid. An empty string is considered invalid.
 func ParseDecCoin(coinStr string) (coin DecCoin, err error) {
-	var amountStr, denomStr string
-	// if custom parsing has not been set, use default coin regex
-	if reDecCoin == nil { //nolint:gocritic
-		amountStr, denomStr, err = ParseDecAmount(coinStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return DecCoin{}, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		coinStr = strings.TrimSpace(coinStr)
-
-		matches := reDecCoin.FindStringSubmatch(coinStr)
-		if matches == nil {
-			return DecCoin{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid decimal coin expression: %s", coinStr)
-		}
+	coinStr = strings.TrimSpace(coinStr)
 
-		amountStr, denomStr = matches[1], matches[2]
+	matches := reDecCoin.FindStringSubmatch(coinStr)
+	if matches == nil {
+		return DecCoin{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid decimal coin expression: %s", coinStr)
 	}
 
+	amountStr, denomStr := matches[1], matches[2]
+
 	amount, err := NewDecFromStr(amountStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return DecCoin{}, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse decimal coin amount: %s", amountStr))
@@ -652,50 +642,6 @@ func ParseDecCoin(coinStr string) (coin DecCoin, err error) {
 	return NewDecCoinFromDec(denomStr, amount), nil
 }
 
-// ParseDecAmount parses the given string into amount, denomination.
-func ParseDecAmount(coinStr string) (string, string, error) {
-	var amountRune, denomRune []rune
-
-	// Indicates the start of denom parsing
-	seenLetter := false
-	// Indicates we're currently parsing the amount
-	parsingAmount := true
-
-	for _, r := range strings.TrimSpace(coinStr) {
-		if parsingAmount { //nolint:gocritic
-			if unicode.IsDigit(r) || r == '.' { //nolint:gocritic
-				amountRune = append(amountRune, r)
-			} else if unicode.IsSpace(r) { // if space is seen, indicates that we have finished parsing amount
-				parsingAmount = false
-			} else if unicode.IsLetter(r) { // if letter is seen, indicates that it is the start of denom
-				parsingAmount = false
-				seenLetter = true
-				denomRune = append(denomRune, r)
-			} else { // Invalid character encountered in amount part
-				return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid character in coin string: %s", string(r))
-			}
-		} else if !seenLetter { // This logic flow is for skipping spaces between amount and denomination
-			if unicode.IsLetter(r) {
-				seenLetter = true
-				denomRune = append(denomRune, r)
-			} else if !unicode.IsSpace(r) {
-				// Invalid character before denomination starts
-				return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid start of denomination: %s", string(r))
-			}
-		} else {
-			// Parsing the denomination
-			if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) || r == '/' || r == ':' || r == '.' || r == '_' || r == '-' {
-				denomRune = append(denomRune, r)
-			} else {
-				// Invalid character encountered in denomination part
-				return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid character in denomination: %s", string(r))
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return string(amountRune), string(denomRune), nil
-}
-
 // ParseDecCoins will parse out a list of decimal coins separated by commas. If the parsing is successuful,
 // the provided coins will be sanitized by removing zero coins and sorting the coin set. Lastly
 // a validation of the coin set is executed. If the check passes, ParseDecCoins will return the sanitized coins.
diff --git a/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go
index b5e7ee74eddb..7355c3591601 100644
--- a/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/authz/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (s *CLITestSuite) TestCLITxGrantAuthorization() {
 				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFees, sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(10))).String()),
 			},
 			true,
-			"nvalid character in denomination: ",
+			"invalid decimal coin expression",
 		},
 		{
 			"Valid tx send authorization",
diff --git a/x/gov/client/cli/util_test.go b/x/gov/client/cli/util_test.go
index 05922f8c205d..53b40293e376 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/cli/util_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/cli/util_test.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func TestReadGovPropFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "only deposit invalid coins",
 			fromAddr: nil,
 			args:     []string{argDeposit, "not really coins"},
-			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid character in denomination"},
+			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid decimal coin expression", "not really coins"},
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "only deposit two coins",
@@ -377,19 +377,19 @@ func TestReadGovPropFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "only deposit coin 1 of 3 bad",
 			fromAddr: nil,
 			args:     []string{argDeposit, "1bad^coin,2bcoin,3ccoin"},
-			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid character in denomination"},
+			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid decimal coin expression", "1bad^coin"},
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "only deposit coin 2 of 3 bad",
 			fromAddr: nil,
 			args:     []string{argDeposit, "1acoin,2bad^coin,3ccoin"},
-			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid character in denomination"},
+			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid decimal coin expression", "2bad^coin"},
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "only deposit coin 3 of 3 bad",
 			fromAddr: nil,
 			args:     []string{argDeposit, "1acoin,2bcoin,3bad^coin"},
-			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid character in denomination"},
+			expErr:   []string{"invalid deposit", "invalid decimal coin expression", "3bad^coin"},
 		},
 		// As far as I can tell, there's no way to make flagSet.GetString return an error for a defined string flag.
 		// So I don't have a test for the "could not read deposit" error case.