BTX+ (https://btxplus.io, pages https://client.btxplus.io and https://webtrader.btxplus.io) - Tide Technologies Group (https://tidetechnologiesgroup.ltd) - Fast-MNG EU Limited (www.fast-mng.com) - Alfacapitalinvest (https://alfacapitalinvest.com, page https://client.alfacapitalinvest.com) - Bitcoinup and UfinaCapital (https://bitcoinup.io, https://ufinacapital.pro, page https://ufina.trade) - Digital Trust CSP Fzco (www.doublefinance.io)  

Consob has ordered the blackout of 7 new websites that abusively offer financial services/financial products: 6 abusive financial intermediation sites and 1 site through which financial products are offered without a prospectus.

The Authority availed itself of the powers deriving from the "growth decree" (Law no. 58 of 28 June 2019, article 36, paragraph 2-terdecies) regarding the blackout of the sites of abusive financial intermediaries, as well as the power introduced by Law no. 8 of 28 February 2020, article 4, paragraph 3-bis, regarding the blackout of the website through which the abusive offer is made.

Below are the sites Consob has ordered to be blacked out:

- BTX+ (website https://btxplus.io and its pages https://client.btxplus.io and https://webtrader.btxplus.io);

- Tide Technologies Group (website https://tidetechnologiesgroup.ltd);

- Fast-MNG EU Limited (website www.fast-mng.com);

- Alfacapitalinvest (website https://alfacapitalinvest.com and its page https://client.alfacapitalinvest.com);

- Bitcoinup and UfinaCapital (websites https://bitcoinup.io and https://ufinacapital.pro and page https://ufina.trade);

- Digital Trust CSP Fzco (website www.doublefinance.io).

The number of sites blacked out since July 2019, when Consob was given the power to order the black-out of websites of fraudulent financial intermediaries, has thus risen to 977.

The measures adopted by Consob can be consulted on its website: www.consob.it.

The black-out of these websites by internet service providers operating on Italian territory is ongoing. For technical reasons, it can take several days for the black-out to come into effect.

Consob draws investors' attention to the importance of adopting the greatest diligence in order to make informed investment choices, adopting common sense behaviours, essential to safeguard one's savings: these include, for websites that offer financial services, checking in advance that the operator with whom you are investing is authorised, and, for offers of financial products, that a prospectus has been published.

Please note, there is a section on the homepage of the www.consob.it website, entitled "Watch for Scams!", which provides useful information warning investors about fraudulent financial schemes.

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Consob has also suspended as a precautionary measure, for a period of 90 days, the activity of offering to the public residing in Italy, including via the website www.doublefinance.io of Digital Trust CSP Fzco (resolution no. 22900 of 22 November 2023).

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Consob has ordered the same subjects to cease the violation of Article 18 of Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998, pursuant to article 7-octies, letter b) of the same legislative decree:

- BTX+ via the website https://btxplus.io and its pages https://client.btxplus.io and https://webtrader.btxplus.io (resolution no. 22901 of 22 November 2023);

- Tide Technologies Group via the website https://tidetechnologiesgroup.ltd (resolution no. 22904 of 22 November 2023);

- Fast-MNG EU Limited via the website www.fast-mng.com (resolution no. 22903 of 22 November 2023);

- Alfacapitalinvest via the website https://alfacapitalinvest.com and its page https://client.alfacapitalinvest.com (resolution no. 22902 of 22 November 2023);

- Bitcoinup and UfinaCapital via the websites https://bitcoinup.io and https://ufinacapital.pro and page https://ufina.trade (resolution no. 22905 of 22 November 2023).

(Published in Consob Informa" no. 40/2023 of 27 November 2023)