Uk Regulation

Officers from the Financial Conduct Authority, HMRC and the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit issued cease-and-desist notices and gathered evidence that is now feeding into criminal investigations.

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper has asked the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate whether Nigel Farage's promotional video for Stack BTC amounts to market abuse, given his 6% equity stake in the company.

The UK is finalising a comprehensive cryptoasset regime under the Financial Services and Markets Act that draws a sharp line between genuinely decentralised DeFi and protocols with identifiable controlling entities.