Tag: advcash

A few weeks ago, we put the crypto exchange Gate.io on our Orange Compliance List due to obvious regulatory problems, and recently, the Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA issued a warning against ClavisChain and in this context also against Gate.io. The FMA failed to provide further explanations in its investor warning. ClavisChain looks like a clone of Gate.io. We advise all traders to exercise extreme caution with ClavisChain and Gate.

The Binance case has kept the crypto scene busy over the last few days. Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), have pleaded guilty to money laundering as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the U.S. authorities. The U.S. authorities are also investigating Bybit, which works with the same payment processors as Binance. We have added this crypto exchange to our Red Compliance list in our initial review. Here is our review.

In the list of crypto exchanges on CryptoCompare, P2B is listed at the 47th position with 56 points and a "B" rating. We recently discovered P2B as a launch platform for the Ponzi token REAL-TOK and therefore conducted an initial review. In Lithuania, Valerii Solodovnyk's Partida UAB is registered as a crypto business. There are other operating entities in various jurisdictions. We have added P2B to our Orange Compliance list.

The Gate.io crypto exchange has been active for many years. It was founded in Hong Kong by Lin Han in 2017. The website does not provide any information about the regulations. One can only send a request via email. In December 2021, the Italian Consob blocked the website, and in February 2022, the Spanish CNMV issued a warning. We have added Gate.io to our Red Compliance list. Here is the compliance check.

Binance announced an agreement to transfer its entire Russian operations to CommEX, a crypto exchange established as recently as September 26, 2023. The centralized crypto exchange is operated by CommEX Holding Limited, a company incorporated in the Seychelles. However, the terms of CommEX specify Hong Kong as the governing law. However, the important deal also raises questions.

We downgraded Russian-controlled offshore broker PocketOption to our black compliance list a few weeks ago in light of its numerous regulatory warnings. In recent months, PocketOption a/k/a PO Trade a/k/a PO has also addressed the Russian market, which is actually blocked by Western sanctions, through a network of new domains and websites and acquired retail traders. Here is an update on PocketOption.

RoboMarkets Ltd is a CySEC-regulated broker d/b/a RoboMarkets. RoboForex is the scheme's offshore broker operated by RoboForex Ltd, Belize, regulated by FSC Belize. RoboForex offers its financial services in EEA jurisdictions without regulatory permission. In addition, we found that the broker's website receives a lot of traffic from Russia. We have added RoboForex to our Red Compliance list. Read our latest review.

We have warned several times in recent months about the offshore broker Pocket Option a/k/a PocketOption or PO Trade, which was previously on our Red Compliance list. One of our readers brought to our attention that there are warnings against PocketOption from regulators worldwide. The offshore broker scheme is on the warning lists from the U.S. over Brazil and Europe to Malaysia. We have therefore downgraded PocketOption and placed it on our black compliance list.

Most recently, the Belgian FSMA has placed the offshore broker scheme PocketOption a/k/a PO Trade on its blacklist. Over the past few years, several regulators have already warned against the unregulated broker. For a few weeks, PocketOption has been operated by Infiniti Trade LLC, a company registered in Costa Rica. Before that, it was Gembell Limited. We have added PocketOption to our Red Compliance list.

To map the worldwide crypto scene is an impossible task. One encounters a practically opaque network of crypto exchanges such as Binance, ByBit, KuCoin, BitGet, etc., and connected payment processors such as Advcash or MoonPay. For example, the FIAT transactions of the crypto exchanges are processed via the latter. Of course, this is a very simplified representation. But you have to start somewhere. The "101 Crypto Ecosphere" chart shown above is such a start.

Vantage Prime Group LLC d/b/a VantageMarkets (VantageMarkets.co.uk) is regulated in the UK by the FCA. In addition, the VantageMarkets scheme runs offshore entities through which it performs onboarding of clients in the EEA region, in violation of the regulatory requirements of the FCA and ESMA regulators. Italian Consob has ordered the black-out of the VantageMarkets. Recently, Spanish CNMV issued another warning. We have assigned a Red Compliance rating to the Vantage Group.

Dubai-based crypto exchange Bybit has suspended United States dollar deposits via bank transfers (including SWIFT) in response to “service outages from a partner,” the company announced via a blog post and on Twitter. However, customers can continue to deposit USD via the Advcash Wallet or buy cryptocurrencies with a credit card on ByBit's One-Click Buy page. Funds can be withdrawn through wire transfers until March 10.