Spanish Authorities Warn Cryptocurrency Exchanges For Unregistered Services

Spanish Authorities Warn Cryptocurrency Exchanges For Unregistered Services

Cryptocurrency businesses have continued to receive pressure globally from different regulatory bodies. For example, the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) recently released a warning to many financial markets and crypto-related businesses. The warning is on unregistered services which they offer. From the official document from CNMV, about 11 entities received the warning from the regulatory body on August 16. The document stressed the non-compliance of these entities with the registry of the commission. Among the listed entities are some prominent crypto trading....


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