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The legalities of crypto arbitrage
Mazars partner Wiehann Olivier provides an extensive outline of the legal aspects as well as the risks associated with this form of cryptocurrency trading and the exchanges that facilitate it.
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CIARAN RYAN: Crypto arbitrage is very much in the news this [month] with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, the FSCA, issuing a warning on Ovex, withdrawing it within hours, and following up with an apology the following day.
This has certainly put the regulatory reach of the FSCA under the spotlight, and perhaps it’s time to take a good hard look at the legality of crypto arbitrage in all its various forms. In addition to that, we thought it timely to look at the risks of arbitrage, and to look at the risks of trading with a particular exchange as well. To discuss this, we are joined by Wiehann Olivier, who is a partner and crypto specialist at Mazars.