Forex and crypto-asset investments: ACPR and AMF issue warnings

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) are warning the public about unauthorized websites offering investments in forex and crypto-asset derivatives.

Financial regulators publish a list of unauthorized websites

To protect savers, the ACPR and AMF regularly update blacklists of sites belonging to unauthorized players, offering investments in Forex, the unregulated foreign exchange market, and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

Crypto-currency exchanges are legally subject to registration with the AMF, as are crypto-asset providers and managers, who are issued with official certification.

Sites of unauthorized actors

The following sites have been flagged up by financial watchdogs ACPR and AMF as not belonging to authorized and certified players.

The following sites are not authorized for Forex investments:

  • www.wavetomarkets.com
  • www.lvmexchange.com/fr
  • www.investisafe.com
  • en.uptos.com
  • www.fortiscapitalmanagers.com
  • www.daxioma.com/fr
  • www.daxbase.com/fr
  • www.brightfinance.co
  • www.bitworldfx.com

The websites of unauthorized players offering derivatives on crypto-assets are :

  • ryptolegacypro.com/en
  • bitcoin-storm.com/en

Of course, as the AMF and ACPR point out, these lists are not exhaustive, as new unauthorized players appear and disappear on a regular basis.

On the other hand, a complete list of authorized investment service providers can be consulted on the regafi.fr website, as well as a complete list of authorized financial or participative investment advisors on the orias.fr website.

If a service provider is not listed, the AMF and ACPR strongly recommend that you do not respond to its solicitations: it is in breach of the law, and investors dealing with this unauthorized player are therefore not protected by the law.