Gibraltar Cracks Down on Crypto Wild West—New Rules Target Derivatives Clearing
Gibraltar’s financial watchdog just fired a warning shot across the bow of crypto’s unregulated derivatives market. The British Overseas Territory announced sweeping new clearing and settlement rules—because apparently, ’trust us, bro’ wasn’t cutting it for institutional investors.
The move positions Gibraltar as Europe’s latest crypto rulemaker, chasing legitimacy while exchanges still play fast-and-loose with leverage. Because nothing says ’market integrity’ like writing rules for a sector that invented ’degen trading.’
Insiders whisper the framework could attract more TradFi players—or just give them another excuse to avoid crypto entirely. Either way, it’s a bold play for a rock that makes most of its money from online gambling and ship registrations.
