UK regulator asks social media firms to block crypto exchange HTX

By Kirstin Ridley and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON, Feb 10 - Britain's markets regulator said on Tuesday it had asked social media companies and ​app stores to block access to crypto exchange HTX in ‌the UK. The Financial Conduct Authority, which filed a lawsuit against HTX in October accusing it of ‌unlawfully promoting crypto asset services to UK consumers, said Tuesday it had asked Alphabet's Google and Apple to remove HTX products from UK app stores, and asked social media companies to block HTX's accou ...