Tagged: gfsc

May 25, 2022 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfrost, the fintech ecosystem that supports financial institutions in their adoption and management of digital assets, announced its successful registration “as a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).” Now, Bitfrost can “provide clients with access to fiat-to-crypto, crypto-to-fiat and… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Government of Gibraltar has published new regulations aiming to set a standard for market integrity in the digital asset sector.  The goal is to the prevention of market manipulation and insider trading as well as additional disclosure and outlined trading standards. According to a… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Greengage announced that it has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer. The company has hired former Starling Bank Head of Finance, Brennan Elliott-Jones, in order to accelerates growth of its Gibraltar business operations. Greengage, which intends to… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Greengage Global Holding Ltd, a UK registered firm, which intends to serve as the very first digital merchant bank through its wholly owned Gibraltar subsidiary, Greengage & Co. Ltd, reveals that it has acquired another institutional investment, along with its £2.5 million investment from IOVLabs…. Read More

September 17, 2020 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) reports that it is updating its regulatory approach pertaining to Distributed Ledger Technology Providers (DLT). Gibraltar describes the update as a “natural evolution of the defined regulatory principles.” Gibraltar was quick to embrace digital assets – both securities and cryptocurrencies…. Read More

July 6, 2020 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Currency.com, a regulated digital assets platform, has reportedly been awarded a new distributed ledger technology (DLT) license by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider: “The license allows [Currency.com] to use DLT for storing or transmitting value… Read More

June 7, 2020 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On June 5, 2020, the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) issued four separate warning messages regarding fraudulent cryptocurrency-related websites that claim they have been authorized to offer services in the British Overseas Territory. Gibraltar’s authorities noted that the following domains are not licensed by the… Read More

August 15, 2019 @ 7:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Lendingblock, a platform that enables fully collateralized crypto vs crypto lending agreements, has received a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). Lendingblock received an in-principle DLT license in late 2018. By providing collateralized borrowing and lending, Lendingblock can… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 7:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

According to the GFSC, Gibraltar “is committed to being a sound and safe place to do business with and is considering a complementary regulatory framework covering the promotion and sale of tokens, aligned with the DLT framework.” As expected, crypto platforms are taking advantage the… Read More

September 27, 2017 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has taken notice of the rising use of cryptocurrencies and tokenized offerings and instead of blocking them, the Commission will publish a new regulatory framework commencing in January 2018. The new rules will regulate the activities of firms, operating… Read More