The Monetary Conduct Authority (FCA) mentioned it might prolong the date of its short-term registrations regime from July 9 to the top of March 2022. The extension will enable crypto companies to hold on their enterprise whereas the regulator conducts additional checks, it mentioned in an announcement.
The cryptocurrency sector has been plagued by way of its 12-year life by lax requirements on cash laundering and different illicit actions.
Whereas requirements are extensively seen to have improved, international regulators and policymakers have in latest months voiced considerations over the illicit use of crypto.
Since January, cryptocurrency-related companies have needed to adjust to UK legal guidelines on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.
“The FCA will solely register companies the place it’s assured that processes are in place to establish and stop this exercise,” it mentioned.