FinTelegram sounded the alarm. We exposed the gaping holes, the glaring red flags, and the staggering audacity of the regulatory maneuvers. Now, the inevitable has happened: The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has officially stepped in,...
The Dutch gambling regulator, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has ordered Polymarket to cease its operations in the Netherlands. The decision has triggered discussions across crypto circles, with some asking whether the action is linked to the EU’s...
RatEx42 has officially added OSL Pay S.R.L. to its risk-rating platform following a forensic investigation into the "Shadow Rails" powering offshore crypto exchanges MEXC and WEEX. Listed under a "Critical Risk" status, OSL Pay represents the sophisticated evolution of transaction masking within the EU.
While U.S. crypto heavyweights report massive Q4 losses amid collapsing token prices, Europe faces a more structural crisis. The MiCA transition is turning Lithuania into a regulatory stress laboratory — and early signals suggest a wave of “quiet” and “regulatory” bankruptcies may reshape the EU crypto landscape by 2026.
RatEx42, the leading compliance intelligence and risk-rating platform, has today officially downgraded Swapped (Swapped ApS) from a "Green" (Low Risk) rating to a Red (High Risk) listing. This drastic shift follows a multi-month forensic deep-dive into the platform’s merchant portfolio, revealing that Swapped has transitioned from a legitimate Nordic fintech into a high-capacity "shadow rail" for the unlicensed offshore iGaming industry.
As the Dream Finance Group (d/b/a CoinsPaid and CryptoProcessing) undergoes a "controlled demolition" across Europe and Latin America, a new player has emerged from the shadows. FINTEQHUB, a payment gateway fronting as a Lithuanian-based fintech, has been unmasked as a Portuguese-registered entity controlled by the inner circle of the SoftSwiss empire.
RatEx42, in partnership with FinTelegram, today officially issues a Black (Critical Risk) rating for the payment gateway Smartpayz (smartpayz.com). This designation follows a forensic audit that confirmed a "Ghost Entity" status: the provider claims a professional UK corporate presence but has no verifiable legal existence in the UK Companies House or any other major financial registry.
RatEx42, the leading compliance intelligence platform, today announced the formal listing and immediate Red (High Risk) rating for the ARI10 Group, including its primary...
Lithuania has ceased to be the "Wild West" of European crypto. As the Bank of Lithuania drops the MiCA guillotine, once-dominant iGaming rails like utPay and CoinsPaid have vanished into a regulatory blackout. With only a 3% survival rate for registered VASPs, the industry is witnessing a desperate migration to the "Polish Shelter." Is this a cleanup, or merely a relocation of the shadow economy?
RatEx42, the leading compliance intelligence platform, today announced the formal listing and immediate Black (Critical Risk) rating for TheDex, a crypto payment gateway operating...
RatEx42, the leading compliance intelligence platform, today announced the formal listing and Red (High Risk) rating of Canamoney Exchange Ltd, operating as CenturaPay. This...
RatEx42, the leading compliance intelligence platform for the financial industry, today announced the formal listing and Black (Critical Risk) rating of Dream Finance, the...
While "shadow rails" hide behind technicalities, the French pioneer Perspecteev SAS demonstrates the power of total regulatory transparency.
The Benchmark of Trust
In an era where...
