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The undertaking was requested to cease the unauthorised business operation. The procedure concerning this matter is still pending. INVIA GmbH is neither licensed by nor supervised by the FMA. The FMA has decided to communicate this information having received a large number of enquiries from consumers.<\/p><h2>Journalists may address further enquiries to:<\/h2><p>Klaus Grubelnik (FMA Media Spokesperson):<\/p><p>+43\/(0)1\/24959-6006<\/p><p>+43\/(0)676\/882 49 516<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mining of cryptocurrencies by INVIA GmbH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FMA prohibits business model of INVIA GmbH in conjunction with cryptocurrency mining - FMA \u00d6sterreich<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/fma-prohibits-business-model-of-invia-gmbh-in-conjunction-with-cryptocurrency-mining\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FMA prohibits business model of INVIA GmbH in conjunction with cryptocurrency mining - 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