In early 2021, the United Kingdom was one of the fastest-evolving cryptocurrency markets globally, with a massive registration in digital assets-focused companies. However, the region has seen a significant decline in company registration in the past few months.
According to the financial regulators of the UK, the majority of firms that crypto their application in the past 12 months have failed to comply with the set standard by the regulators.
The Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom quotes in its recently released yearly report for 2024 that 87% of firms that filed their application failed to gather approval due to inadequate fraud protection and money laundering protocols.
FCA’s report says that “87% of registrations were either withdrawn, rejected or refused due to weak money laundering control.” “Only 44 firms in the region hold a money laundering registration.”
Earlier this year, the UK’s financial conduct authority approved only four registrations from 35 applications; however, nine were rejected, and the firms themselves withdrew 15.
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Earlier on August 28, 2024, Todayq reported the registration percentage of crypto-based companies in the United Kingdom fell significantly. It further notes that there has been a 51% decrease in applications for crypto-asset exchange or custodian wallet provider registration over the past three years.
The average approval time of registration in the UK is 459 days; as per speculation, the lengthy approval time hinders the registration and growth of cryptocurrencies in the region, as per speculation.
In a move of the UK’s expansion, Robinhood has announced plans to offer stock lending for British customers. The offering lets customers lend out any fully paid stock in their portfolio, with Robinhood taking care of finding interested borrowers.
Crypto Market Price Update
The cryptocurrency market capitalization has been constantly falling for the past few days; when writing, it was $1.93 Trillion. The cap is 5.60% lower in a week than the previous week.
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On the opening of September 05, the cap was nearly $2 trillion, but a sudden bearish movement in the middle of the session caused it to go 2% downwards. If the bear dominance continues, the cap might fall below $1.90 Trillion.
Currently, Bitcoin is trading below 20, 50, 100, and 200 days EMA after losing 4.99% of its price in the past seven days. BTC’s nearest visible supports are $51,078 and $47,646.
Source: TradingView
In the past 24 hours, the intraday losers list has been led by Aave (AAVE), followed by Bittensor, BONK, and Dogwifhat (WIF). However, the Toncoin price grew 7.41%, reaching $4.90, making it the intraday gainers leader, followed by Helium, Notcoin, and DOGS.
Puffy, Slime, and To The Sun are the tokens that recently debuted in the market. Until its publication, the fear and greed index powered by CoinMarketCap was at 30, reflecting a solid fear momentum in the market.
The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $60.21B, making a 7.51% decrease. Bitcoin’s market dominance fell 0.61% compared to the previous day, reaching 56.17 percent in total.
