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UK's largest retail platform adds crypto ETFs after regulator lifts ban
Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's largest retail investment platform, began offering crypto exchange-traded notes after the Financial Conduct Authority lifted its retail ban on crypto exchange-traded products in October.
Why it matters for the crypto market
Removal of a retail ban by a major regulator opens crypto investment access to millions of retail investors through established brokerage platforms.
Source: CoinDesk
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