Dutch AFM official gearing up to ban retail digital currency derivatives
Paul-Willem van Gerwen spoke on the rise and impact of digital currency derivatives in his keynote speech at the Amsterdam Propriety Traders managers meeting.
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UK FCA warns investors of risks in digital currencies and NFTs
The FCA didn't mention specific offenders and stated that the reminder had been necessitated by a growing number of social media posts related to digital currencies and NFTs.
12 digital asset firms get extension as FCA registration deadline closes amid outrage
Over 100 companies had applied for the temporary registration exemption, but only 12 were granted, even as several companies expressed outrage at the process.
Bank of England and FCA latest warnings and guidance target ‘crypto’ assets
The BOE noted that digital currency would pose a risk to the wider financial system as the industry grows, while the FCA spoke of several concerns that digital currency firms should keep in mind.
FCA hiring digital assets head for new oversight department
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has posted a new job opening for the head of the Department of Digital Assets, which will deal with emerging business models in the Supervision, Policy and Competition division.
Michael Hudson: We need regulators and big brands to get the BSV message
In this week’s CoinGeek Conversations, Bitstocks founder and CEO Michael Hudson talks about Gravity, which is restarting its service under the name of Gravity Money.
Shut down or face action: UK FCA issues warning vs digital asset ATMs
The U.K. regulator has said that none of the operating digital asset ATM operators are registered to offer such services and must shut down immediately or face regulatory action.
The CoinGeek Pulse: Joe Biden signs EO, FCA targets unregistered firms, nChain top 100 Innovator plus new BSV games to enjoy
Enterprise-grade blockchain company nChain is recognized by LexisNexis as one of the Top 100 Most Innovative Companies alongside Mark Zuckerberg's Meta and China’s Tencent.
FCA issues warning against Binance backdoor re-entry into UK payments network—again
The FCA expressed concerns about a Binance subsidiary that recently took up a stake in a holding company regulated in the U.K., for the second time in a month.
As many as 300 digital asset firms probed in 2021 amid surge in scams: UK regulator
The Financial Conduct Authority opened investigation into 300 digital asset firms and stopped 1 in 4 companies from joining the market as reports of scam and fraudulent activities rose in 2021.
Bitpanda misleading claims slapped down by UK regulator
Bitpanda claimed that it could now perform regulated custodian services in the U.K., but the FCA, which regulates Trustology, quickly put that notion to rest with an announcement of its own.
Bitstocks Gravity to suspend its money service
The move comes as the Financial Conduct Authority advised Bitstocks that their application for permanent FCA registration was likely to be rejected, promoting Bitstocks to withdraw their application.