Ashley Alder, the newly appointed chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the UK, made an unfavorable remark about cryptocurrencies and the businesses that deal with them. Cryptos as a platf...
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FCA’s incoming chair calls for further crypto regulation
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recently appointed chair has presented an unfriendly attitude toward cryptocurrencies in a cross-party Treasury select committee meeting....
SBF Surprised by FCA’s Warning Against FTX, Says They’ve Been in Talks
Sam Bankman-Fried – Co-Founder and CEO of FTX – said the tension between his company and the top financial watchdog in the UK – the FCA – was unexpected. In his words, the two sides have been discussi...
Victoria McLoughlin Resumes as Interim Head of FCA’s Digital Assets Unit
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom’s financial industry watchdog, has appointed Victoria McLoughlin, its former Supervision Manager, Cryptoassets & Digital Markets, as the i...
UK Crypto Firms Under FCA’s Temporary Registration is Just Five Now
Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) temporary registration (TRR) lists firms drop from twelve to five. It will be extending the temporary registration status for just a few firms whe...
Crypto Firms Are Fleeing U.K Ahead of FCA’s March 31st Deadline
On Thursday, March 31, U.K’s top financial regulator – Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – shall be ending its Temporary Registration Regime (TRR) for crypto businesses. Thus, companies that follow th...
Crypto Companies in Limbo As UK FCA’s Deadline Looms
Just 33 cryptocurrency firms have been registered so far under the UK FCA’s covered register, with the deadline looming for the watchdog to grant the firms approval before March 31. So far, 80% of the...
U.K: Cryptos now under FCA’s ambit, new rules on crypto adverts introduced
The growing popularity of cryptocurrency asset investments over the past few years, especially from the retail sector, could be considered a byproduct of incessant crypto advertising by emerging compa...