Two Men Convicted by UK FCA in £1.5 Million Crypto Fraud Targeting 65 Investors
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has charged two men for orchestrating a £1.5 million cryptocurrency fraud, they both pleaded guilty to multiple charges
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority will not regulate Bitcoin and Ethereum
The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority says it will not regulate Bitcoin or Ethereum - viewing them as ‘decentralized tokens used as a means of exchange’ and therefore outside its regulatory scope.
UK Government appoints FCA as economic crime enforcer
Cryptocurrency scam-related queries have been growing at a consistent rate since May 2018. In response, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has been named as an enforcer of the newly published Economic Crime Plan.
What does the FCA think about blockchain?
In mid-December 2017, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a really interesting 32-page paper on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The timing wasn’t great as most of the City was out getting smashed at Christmas parties, so I thought it best to put it aside until the New Year hangovers were out of the way and share it with you now.
Regulations, Innovations, Sandboxes and #RegTech
So I just attended a really interesting two day meeting that covered all things blockchain, regulations, innovation and more. I’ll blog about the bits I can in the next few days, and thought I’d start with an overview of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Regulatory Sandbox and Project Innovate.
UK Financial Conduct Authority gives blockchain technology breathing space to develop while monitoring progress
Britain's financial watchdog has announced that it will not directly regulate blockchain, as it could hamper innovation.
