The Financial Conduct Authority renewed its warnings advising residents of the United Kingdom not to use unregistered crypto exchanges.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is ramping up its push to police the crypto industry, issuing warnings to unregistered exchanges and seeking legal action against companies serving UK residents or promoting digital assets in the country.
The FCA issued hundreds of warnings against unlicensed crypto exchanges in October, including Elite Bit Markets, Nexure Gainbit, Plux Crypto and HTX.
On Tuesday, the agency filed a lawsuit against HTX for promoting crypto services to UK residents, a spokesperson for the FCA confirmed to Cointelegraph. The FCA also said:
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