Steve Smart

UK, France tighten digital asset rules; BoE studies tokenization
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4 November, 2026

UK, France tighten digital asset rules; BoE studies tokenization

Bank of England consults on tokenized collateral for central counterparties, while FCA settles with HTX, and France greenlights CARF tax-reporting...
UK disrupts first illegal peer-to-peer ‘crypto’ trading operation
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24 April, 2026

UK disrupts first illegal peer-to-peer ‘crypto’ trading operation

The U.K.'s FCA has disrupted illegal peer-to-peer digital asset trading by issuing cease-and-desist orders to unregistered traders to combat financial...
FCA shuts down 26 digital currency ATMs illegally operating in UK
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15 July, 2023

FCA shuts down 26 digital currency ATMs illegally operating in UK

Steve Smart, FCA's executive director of enforcement and market oversight, noted that users' funds in digital currency ATMs "will not...