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UK Financial Watchdog to Further Scrutinize ICOs
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it will gather further evidence and conduct a deeper examination on ICOs.
Updated Sep 13, 2021, 7:17 a.m. Published Dec 18, 2017, 12:00 p.m.
The UK's financial watchdog announced last Friday that it will carry out an analysis on the applicability of national laws to the initial coin offering (ICOs) funding model as it assesses the need for "further regulatory action."
In a feedback statement issued Friday, and connected to its past publishings on blockchain broadly, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote that it intends to perform a "deeper examination" of developments by gathering more evidence and information.
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The statement added:
"Its findings will help to determine whether or not there is need for further regulatory action in this area beyond the consumer warning issued in September."
At the time, the FCA issued a warning to consumers about the risks of ICOs stating it as "very high-risk, speculative investments." It further mentioned that ICOs are unregulated and that, as such, certain protections available for other assets don't extend to the market.
Other possible risks mentioned included the price volatility of cryptocurrencies and the possibilities for fraud, among others.
Still, in the feedback statement, the FCA also outlined briefly how it believes ICO businesses need to conduct operations for the "consumer benefit," while pushing back against the idea that its guidance doesn't relate to public blockchains.
The FCA's blockchain discussion paper saw 47 responses from a variety of market participants including regulated firms, trade associations and law firms.
ICO plan on paper image via Shutterstock
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