Number of UK crypto firms operating under FCA temporary registration status d...
The Financial Conduct Authority named CEX.IO, Revolut, Copper, Globalblock and Moneybrain as companies in the crypto space temporarily allowed to operate in the United Kingdom. The number of firms permitted to offer crypto services to U.K. residents under temporary registration status from the Financial Conduct Authority has dropped from 12 to five. According to a Thursday update to its list of "Cryptoasset firms with Temporary Registration," the United Kingdom’s financial regulator named CEX.IO, Revolut, Copper, Globalblock and Moneybrain as companies in the crypto space allowed to....
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Britain’s top financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has allowed five crypto firms to continue to operate in the U.K. with temporary registration. The deadline for crypto firms to register with the FCA was last week but these five firms’ applications are still pending.
Five Crypto Firms Can Continue to Operate in the UK With Temporary Registration
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its list of crypto asset firms with temporary registration Thursday.
There are now five firms on the list: Cex.io Ltd., Copper....
Regulatory body buys itself a further six months to process submitted applications. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has issued temporary registrations to crypto-asset companies that have already submitted applications but not yet been processed.According to a Dec. 16 announcement, this will allow the companies to continue trading for an extended period until July 9, 2021, following the initial registration deadline of Jan. 10, 2021.As Cointelegraph reported, the FCA became the supervisor of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing measures for crypto firms in....