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Welcome to the version 7.0 of Fintech UK's and CompliReg's (a leading provider of fintech consulting services to crypto asset firms) UK FCA registered Cryptoasset Firms Map.
There are now 43 registered Cryptoasset firms appearing on the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) website as at 6th October 2023. Joining Version 7.0 are three new entrants - Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited, Bitstamp UK Limited and Komainu UK Limited. The FCA register records their registrations effective 12th June, 13th June and 6th October 2023, respectively. However, leaving the Map is BottlePay Limited which closed its app to UK customers on 24th July 2023.
As we continue to Map registered Cryptoasset firms, expect to see certain logos appear more than once as several brands will be registering several Cryptoasset firms for different purposes, such as - for example - services for (1) trading and (2) custody. An example of this is in fact Zodia. While Zodia Markets (UK) Limited was registered on 27 July 2022, its affiliate Zodia Custody Limited was registered effective 15 July 2021.
At the time we released Version 1, there were 218 (thereabouts) unregistered cryptoasset business listed on the UK FCA's website that appear, to the FCA, to be carrying on cryptoasset activity, that are not registered with the FCA for anti-money laundering purposes. As of today (10 October 2023), that number has decreased to 64. It was 82 on 1st April 2023.
The firms thus far registered by the FCA include:
2023: Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited, Bitstamp UK Limited and Komainu UK Limited
2022: X Capital Group Limited, Enigma Securities Ltd, Light Technology Limited, eToro (UK) Ltd, Uphold Europe Limited, Wintermute Trading LTD, Rubicon Digital UK Limited, DRW Global Markets Ltd, Zodia Markets (UK) Limited, Foris DAX UK Ltd (aka Crypto.com), Revolut Ltd*, Tullett Preborn (Europe) Ltd, MoonPay (UK) Ltd and Hidden Road Partners CIV UK Ltd.
2021: Fibermode Limited, Zodia Custody Limited, Ramp Swaps Limited, Solidi Ltd, Coinpass Limited, CoinJar UK Limited, Trustology Limited, Commercial Rapid Payment Technologies Limited, Iconomi Ltd, Skrill Limited, Paysafe Financial Services Limited, Crypto Facilities Ltd, Fidelity Digital Assets LTD, Payward Limited, Galaxy Digital UK Limited, BABB Platform Ltd, BCP Technologies Limited, Zumo Financial Services Limited, Baanx.com Ltd, Bottlepay Ltd [closed July 2023], Genesis Custody Limited and Altalix Ltd.
2020: Archax Ltd, Gemini Europe Ltd, Gemini Europe Services Ltd, Ziglu Limited and Digivault Limited,
* Revolut group still has not achieved its much talked about ambition of securing a bank authorisation in the UK.
We are looking forward to seeing how many more will be registered during the remainder of Quarter 3 2023 and in Quarter 4 too.
The post accompanying Version 7 appears at:
- Version 1 of the Map and the Blog of 20 December 2021 - located here
- Version 2 of the Map and the Blog of 18 July 2022 - located here
- Version 3 of the Map and the Blog of 28 July 2022 - located here
- Version 4 of the Map and the Blog of 20 September 2022 - located here
- Version 5 of the Map and the Blog of 26 September 2022 - located here
- Version 6 of the Map and the Blog of 1 April 2023 - located here
- List of Unregistered Cryptoasset Businesses as of today - located here
- Letter issued by UK FCA on 5 April 2023 to UK and overseas cryptoasset firms on financial promotion rules - located here
- Financial Conduct Authority, has issued 146 alerts in first 24 hours of new crypto marketing regime as at 10 October 2023 - located here.