UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has posted a warning today ordering all crypto ATMs in the country to be shutdown as they are operating illegally.
UK’s FCA Says None Of The Crypto ATMs In The Nation Have Gotten Approval
As per an announcement on the financial watchdog’s website, the FCA has warned any crypto ATMs operating within the country to immediately shutdown the machines or face enforcement action.
Any ATM offering cryptoasset exchange services in the UK needs to be registered with the FCA and comply with the country’s Money Laundering Regulations (MLR).
However, according to the FCA, none of the 27 crypto firms fully registered with the watchdog have received approval for offering ATM services. Thus, any such ATM machine operating in the nation is doing so illegally. The regulator adds that customers shouldn’t be using them.
As per data from Coin ATM radar, there are currently 80 such machines operating within the UK. Gidiplus, a firm offering cryptoasset ATM services, recently got its application rejected by the regulator.
The company took it to court, but it was ruled against by the judge, concluding that there was a “lack of evidence as to how Gidiplus would undertake its business in a broadly compliant fashion.”
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“We are concerned about crypto ATM machines operating in the UK and will therefore be contacting the operators instructing that the machines be shut down or face further action,” said the FCA.
The financial watchdog further says:
Avertizăm în mod regulat consumatorii că criptoactivele sunt nereglementate și prezintă un risc ridicat, ceea ce înseamnă că este foarte puțin probabil ca oamenii să aibă vreo protecție dacă lucrurile merg prost, așa că oamenii ar trebui să fie pregătiți să-și piardă toți banii dacă aleg să investească în ele.
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Source: https://bitcoinist.com/uk-fca-declares-all-crypto-atms-as-illegal/