A European subsidiary of United States-based crypto trading platform Uphold has received approval from the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
According to the FCA website, Uphold’s U.K. subsidiary Uphold Europe Limited gained regulatory approval on Thursday, joining the select list of 32 firms that have received FCA approval as Registered Crypto Asset service providers out of the 200 that applied. The approval signifies that the firm is in compliance with the U.K. Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing regulations.