{
  "title": "UK Crypto Licence Tracker",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "release_status": "provisional",
  "as_of": "2026-10-13",
  "headline": "As of 13 October 2026, 3 of the 11 crypto exchanges the FCA asked UK users about in its 2025 consumer research have a company on the FCA's register of cryptoasset firms: Coinbase, Crypto.com and Kraken. Across all 38 crypto platforms in our UK tracker, 24 are on that register and 14 are not; 3 have an FCA Warning List entry for their own name or website.",
  "headline_short": "24 of 38 crypto platforms used in the UK are on the FCA cryptoasset register (13 October 2026).",
  "count": 38,
  "fca_registered": 24,
  "not_on_fca_register": 14,
  "fca_warning_list": 3,
  "registered_uk_exit_announced": 2,
  "not_registered_with_named_approver": 3,
  "via_registered_partner": 0,
  "said_applied_new_regime": 0,
  "said_intends_to_apply_new_regime": 1,
  "labels": {
    "registered": 22,
    "not_registered": 7,
    "not_registered_approver": 3,
    "warning": 3,
    "registered_exit": 2,
    "no_uk": 1
  },
  "fca_survey_subset": {
    "count": 11,
    "fca_registered": 3,
    "registered_names": [
      "Coinbase",
      "Crypto.com",
      "Kraken"
    ],
    "fca_warning_list": 2
  },
  "register_list": {
    "firms_on_list": 68,
    "currently_registered": 62,
    "formerly_registered": 6,
    "url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/search?predefined=CA"
  },
  "regime": {
    "gateway_opened": "2026-09-30",
    "application_period_closes": "2027-02-28",
    "regime_starts": "2027-10-25",
    "days_to_application_period_close": 138,
    "note": "28 Feb 2027 is the end of the application period for firms already serving UK customers that want to keep operating while their application is assessed (FCA, 30 Sep 2026). New firms can still apply later.",
    "sources": {
      "fca-press-gateway-opens": "https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-opens-gateway-regulated-crypto",
      "fca-gateway-operation": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/new-regime-cryptoasset-regulation/how-gateway-will-operate",
      "fca-mlr-ahead-fsma": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/new-regime-cryptoasset-regulation/registration-under-mlrs-ahead-new-fsma-regime",
      "fca-s21-approvers": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/new-regime-cryptoasset-regulation/s21-approvers",
      "fca-transitional": "https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/new-regime-cryptoasset-regulation/transitional-provision"
    }
  },
  "claims_checked": 26,
  "claims_verified": 26,
  "sources_fetched": 83,
  "sources_ok": 77,
  "sources_blocked_or_failed": [
    "site-bybit",
    "site-etoro",
    "site-gate",
    "site-luno",
    "site-revolut",
    "site-ziglu"
  ],
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "notes": [
    "Being on the FCA's cryptoasset register is an anti-money-laundering registration. The FCA says it is not an endorsement, and it does not bring FOS or FSCS protection for cryptoasset activities.",
    "Not being on the register is a fact about the register on the check date. It is not a finding about legality: firms outside the UK that do not carry on business in the UK do not need to register, and some reach UK users through an authorised firm that approves their promotions (FSMA s21).",
    "Pages were read from a non-UK network address. Some platforms show UK visitors different text."
  ]
}