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I want to register with the FCA
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You must register with us if you want to provide crypto services that come within scope of the money laundering regulations. Read about the services that require registration.
Find out moreHow do I apply for registration?
Find out about our registration process from pre-application to determination, including the expectations placed upon cryptoasset businesses at the gateway.
Learn moreHow can I make sure my application is good?
Learn more about the components that make up your application and what good applications commonly exhibit.
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Information and resources to help firms understand our expectations, engage with us and implement new regulation.
Financial promotions
The Travel Rule
Key milestones
Steps in the introduction of the new rules
10 January 2020
The FCA becomes the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) supervisor of UK cryptoasset business
1 September 2023
Cryptoasset businesses in the UK must collect, verify and share information about cryptoasset transfers, known as the ‘Travel Rule’
8 October 2023
The cryptoasset financial promotions regime was introduced for all firms promoting cryptoassets in the UK
6 November 2023
Policy making began with the stablecoins discussion paper
2024 - 2025
Policy making continues with a series of focused consultations
Latest news and publications
DP24/4: Regulating cryptoassets – Admissions & Disclosures and Market Abuse Regime for Cryptoassets
FCA finds crypto ownership continues to rise as it delivers plans to regulate crypto
Olumide Osunkoya pleads guilty to illegally operating crypto ATM network
Digital Securities Sandbox opens for applications
FCA helps improve crypto firms’ compliance with new marketing rules
