Crypto Exchange Binance Discontinues South Korean Trading Pairs And Language ...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is discontinuing certain offerings in Norway. The news comes amid regulatory pressure around the world which the global trading platform is working to address. The company is also dropping Norwegian from its website’s language options. Crypto Exchange Binance Suspends Product and Service Offerings in Norway Binance, the world’s leading digital asset exchange in terms of daily trading volume, has announced it will no longer offer some products and services in the Norwegian market. The changes come into effect “immediately,” the....

Amid the looming regulatory deadline in South Korea, a major crypto exchange is closing up shop in the country. Bybit, one of the world’s top cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges, will halt some of its services to South Korean users ahead of a licensing deadline.The exchange officially announced on Sept. 17 that it will discontinue Korean language support from its platforms as well as its official South Korean community on social media. The suspensions will take effect starting Sept. 20.“Bybit does not support any Korean won markets, such as won denominated trading pairs, payments or....

The crypto exchange giant said the decision was part of efforts aimed at proactive compliance with regulatory demands. Binance has halted Korean won (KRW) trading pairs as part of a raft of changes to its operations in South Korea.In a notice issued on Friday, the crypto exchange giant announced the discontinuation of KRW trading pairs as well as KRW payment options on its service. Other features discontinued include Korean language support on its website and merchant applications for peer-to-peer transactions (P2P) in South Korea.As part of the announcement, Binance also advised P2P....

On August 13, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance revealed it is ending a great number of services in South Korea. The company noted in the announcement that it evaluated local regulations and “will discontinue the following offerings in Korea, effective immediately.” Binance Ends Korean Crypto Services Last week, former CEO of Binance US and former acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks, announced that he was leaving his position at the exchange. Prior to that HSBC suspended payments tied to Binance and the company also discontinued derivatives products in Hong Kong.....

Less than a year after its launch, Binance Korea is closing its doors amid shrinking liquidity. Binance KR has decided to shutter its operations in South Korea according to an announcement released on Thursday. As part of the press statement, Binance KR attributed the move to declining liquidity and low trading volume of its BKRW trading pairs. BKRW is a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Korean Won used for crypto-to-crypto settlements on the platform.According to the details provided by Binance KR, the shutdown timeline will begin with ceasing all new account registrations on Thursday. The....