Press Release of 17 July 2025 (black out websites) - CONSOB AND ITS ACTIVITIES
Consob has ordered the black-out of 5 new websites through which financial services are abusively offered or services for crypto-activities are abusively provided. In details, Consob ordered the blackout of 2 abusive financial intermediation websites and 3 websites through which crypto currency services are abusively provided.
The Authority made use of the powers deriving from the "Decreto crescita" ("Growth Decree", converted by Law No. 58 of 28 June 2019) regarding the black-out of websites of abusive financial intermediaries, as well as of the powers introduced by the MiCAR (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 and Legislative Decree No. 129 of 5 September 2024) regarding the black out of websites through which crypto currency services are provided to Italian savers in the absence of the prescribed authorisations.
Below are the websites Consob has ordered to be blacked out:
- "Geneve Capital Invest" (website https://geneveinvestcap.com and page https://webtrader.gencapwebtrader.com);
- "Finbridge International" (website https://finbridgeinternational.com and page https://webtrader.finbridgeinternational.trade);
- "Atomic Wallet" (website https://atomicwallet.io);
- "Cexrqw.com" (website https://cexrqw.com);
- "Interersos.it" (website https://interersos.it);
The number of websites blacked out since July 2019, when Consob got the power to order that the websites of fraudulent financial intermediaries be blacked out, has thus risen to 1381.
The measures adopted by Consob can be consulted on the 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 calls the attention of savers to the importance of using the utmost diligence in order to make investment choices in full awareness, adopting common sense behaviors, which are essential to safeguard one's savings: among them, the prior verification, for sites offering financial services and on crypto-assets, that the operator through which one invests is authorized and, for offers of financial products and crypto-assets, that the prospectus or white paper has been published.
To this end, Consob would remind you that on the website www.consob.it there is a section on the homepage, "Watch for Scams!", providing useful information to warn investors against financially unauthorized initiatives.
