The UK arm of cryptocurrency change Bitstamp has joined the record of registered corporations of the nation's Monetary Conduct Authority.
In line with the FCA record of registered crypto asset corporations as of June 13, they're Bitstamp UK Restricted and Interactive Brokers Restricted became the primary corporations to hitch different UK registered corporations after round 6 months – the FCA added Hidden Street Companions and MoonPay in December 2022. The FCA listed 42 registered crypto corporations in compliance with Anti-Cash Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Counter-Terrorism (CFT) necessities, amongst others.
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Bitstamp is now registered as a cryptoasset firm with the UK Monetary Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Within the UK, corporations allowed to “perform crypto asset actions” should both be registered with the FCA or have been granted short-term standing to function. Earlier, the monetary regulator ordered Binance Markets Restricted to stop its operations within the UK and issued directions to shut or take additional motion for native crypto ATM operators.
Cointelegraph reached out to Bitstamp however obtained no response on the time of publication. Blockchain-based funds platform Ripple introduced at a shareholders' convention in Could that it had acquired a minority stake in Bitstamp within the first quarter of 2023.
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