Now Binance can’t provide crypto services in the UK
Binance withdrew its registration with the UK’s financial watchdog FCA (financial conduct authority).
Binance is a global Crypto trade platform and provides services via independent subsidiaries in some jurisdictions. Binance Markets Limited (BML) is Binance’s subsidiary in the UK. Binance’s subsidiary was fully registered in the UK to provide crypto services.
As per Binance’s news Media subsidiary Cointelegraph, BML officially canceled registration with FCA. BML was not using these registrations to provide services in the UK, so it was better for Binance to leave such unnecessary regulatory approvals.
A Binance spokesperson said:
“As these permissions were unlikely to be required in the future, Binance Markets Limited decided that it would be prudent to cancel them in line with the FCA’s recommendations to keep these updated.”
The FCA agency also officially mentioned on the website that no one Binance entity is allowed to provide crypto services in the UK.
Here people need to understand that deregistration with the FCA will not bring any kind of impact on Binance.com’s services.
Two days ago, Ilir Laro, Binance’s sub-regional manager for growth in the UK and Europe, said that Binance is currently focussing to bring changes in its services to focus the expansion of its services in the EU countries, as the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) is very near to come into laws officially within next couple of years.
Earlier in 2021, Binance’s BML faced regulatory pressure in the UK. The FCA agency ordered the exchange to stop providing services over some allegations but later investigations failed to bring any point against the exchange.
Binance vs US
At present, Binance’s American subsidiary BinanceUS is under regulatory heat with the US regulators, namely the United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures & Trading Commission (CFTC).
At present, BinanceUS provides trading of nearly half a dozen crypto assets trading, following the lawsuit actions.
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