85% of crypto firms fail to meet FCA standards

Worst failure rate for new remit

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Around 85% of cryptoasset firms that applied to the Financial Conduct Authority for registration were unable to demonstrate they met the minimum standards required, the Treasury Committee has revealed.

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