The UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") granted, for the first time, a Multilateral Trading Facility license to a London-based cryptocurrency exchange, Crypto Facilities Ltd. The company is a subdivision of Kraken, a San Francisco-based global digital asset exchange. According to the company, Crypto Facilities Ltd. "will be the only authorized derivatives marketplace in Europe offering leveraged trading of cryptocurrencies."
Originally published July 07, 2020.
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