Practitioner writing on crypto, fintech, and high-risk infrastructure: step-by-step guides, regulatory updates, operator use cases, and the occasional opinion when something needs saying. Jurisdiction profiles and the comparison tools sit one click away.
Prospects ask us to name our banking partner before they will trust the introduction. We don’t, and the refusal protects your application, not our margin. The reasoning we usually save for a call.
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What unauthorised CASPs must do in the final weeks of the MiCA transitional period before grandfathering ends, and the practitioner take on what to file by when.
Monthly roundup of regulatory activity across the EU, UK, US, UAE, and Hong Kong, with the practitioner take on what each item means for crypto, fintech, and high-risk operators.
Custody, exchange, dealing: what the FCA’s perimeter guidance actually says about your activity ahead of the gateway opening.
Why your acquirer says no and what infrastructure unlocks approvals. Six thousand words on the underwriting reality behind card processing for crypto, gambling, forex, and adult businesses.
The 1 July 2026 MiCA grandfathering cliff edition. Final regulatory activity heading into the deadline, plus the implementing-act updates published in the run-up.
How to write a file that survives NCA peer review. Patterns drawn from refusal grounds across Lithuanian, Maltese, and Cypriot CASP applications.
For a tokenisation platform in 2026. Side-by-side criteria across the four UAE regulators, with an explicit verdict on which fits which operator profile.
AI agents are starting to pay autonomously, settling in stablecoins and e-money tokens over x402 and AP2. There is no dedicated agent-payments licence: what you actually need is EMT issuance under an EMI authorisation plus a PSD2 payment permission. The stablecoin rails, explained.
And closes . The file you need by Q3, what FCA expects, and the operational consequences of missing the window.
What crypto businesses must collect from and report by . The data fields, the reporting flow, and the operational pain points.
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