Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 week ago
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a discussion paper outlining several proposals and inviting public feedback on crypto regulations in the country. Notably, one proposal seeks to ban public crypto offers from non-regulated entitie...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 week ago
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking feedback on
its plans to improve transparency in the UK’s cryptocurrency markets. The
proposals focus on admissions, disclosures, and market abuse regimes to enhance
the integrity of crypto markets and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 4 weeks ago
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reports growing awareness of cryptocurrency in the UK, now at 93%, alongside a rise in ownership, which has reached 12% of adults, up from 10%. The average crypto holdings have grown to £1,842, with most new inve...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 4 weeks ago
The adoption of cryptocurrency in the UK has seen a steady rise, with an estimated seven million adults now owning crypto assets, according to a recent report by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The figures indicate that approximately 12% of th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 4 weeks ago
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is pushing for sweeping crypto regulations by 2026, tackling market abuse, decentralized assets, and trading platform oversight in its evolving framework. Inside the FCA’s Crypto Overhaul: What 2026 Means for the...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 month ago
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released new
research on consumer attitudes towards crypto in the UK. The findings show that
12% of UK adults now own crypto, an increase from 10% in previous reports.
Awareness of crypto also rose from 91% t...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 months ago
The UK's
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has defended its “too tough” approach to
registering cryptocurrency firms, arguing that robust standards are essential
for building a sustainable and trustworthy digital asset sector.In a
statement released...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 months ago
The DSS has the “potential to improve efficiency and reduce costs” in financial markets
The sandbox will boost the UK’s position as a “vibrant financial centre”
The DSS will operate until December 2028, but could be ext...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 months ago
Olumide Osunkoya has pleaded guilty to illegally running a crypto ATM network across the UK. Even though the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) denied his registration, his operation handled millions in cryptocurrency transactions. This case repres...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 months ago
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has charged Olumide Osunkoya for operating unregistered crypto ATMs in the country. This case is significant as it represents the first prosecution under UK law for such activities. Osunkoya is accused...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 months ago
Nexo, the platform that gained popularity by offering crypto lending products, has resumed new client registration in the United Kingdom today (Tuesday), the company announced.Ensuring Local ComplianceThe crypto platform detailed that before resuming...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 3 months ago
Applications for registration as a crypto-asset exchange or
custodian wallet provider have dropped by 51% over the past three years,
according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by
global law firm Reed Smith. The Financia...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 months ago
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has intensified
its crackdown on crypto firms, issuing over 1,000 warnings and removing 48 apps
from UK app stores since new financial promotion rules took effect last
October, Coindesk reported. This enforc...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 4 months ago
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently conducted
an assessment of cryptocurrency firms to ensure their compliance with new
financial promotion rules aimed at improving consumer understanding of crypto
investment risks. These rules, which...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 5 months ago
CB Payments Limited (CBPL) has been fined £3,503,546 by the
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for breaching a regulatory requirement. The
fine is a result of CBPL's failure to comply with a rule that prevented it from
offering services to high-risk c...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 5 months ago
CB Payments Limited (CBPL) has been fined £3,503,546 by the
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for breaching a regulatory requirement. The
fine is a result of CBPL's failure to comply with a rule that prevented it from
offering services to high-risk c...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 5 months ago
The
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has significantly expanded its cryptocurrency
workforce to over 100 staff members, yet its policy team remains understaffed,
according to data obtained by blockchain finance provider Quant through a
Freedom of In...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 7 months ago
WisdomTree secures FCA approval for bitcoin and ether ETP listings on the London Stock Exchange& & The Block