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FCA's HTX Action Shows Crypto Ad Rules Must Be Followed
By Nick Barnard ( March 4, 2026, 3:16 PM GMT) -- On Feb. 10, the Financial Conduct Authority announced that it had begun a High Court action against the global crypto-exchange HTX for illegally promoting crypto-asset services to U.K. consumers, in FCA v. Huobi Global SA, with legal proceedings launched on Oct. 21 last year.[1]... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence.
Crypto-wallet freezing orders: promise and limits
Almost two years after entering the statute books and over a year after coming into force, Crypto-Wallet Freezing Orders (CWFOs) have finally made headlines – or at least one headline. On 18 July 2025, the SFO announced that it had frozen cryptoassets valued at just over £11,000 belonging to a suspect in its ongoing investigation into collapsed broadcast company Arena TV Limited.
Redefining responsibility: the evolution of corporate criminal liability in the UK
To use a uniquely British expression, reforms of corporate criminal liability are like London buses – you wait decades for one, then two arrive at once. It may surprise readers that the current premise of corporate criminal liability in the UK is based on a 1971 House of Lords decision concerning the alleged false advertising of discount soap powder.
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