South Korea Bans 29 Overseas Crypto Exchanges — MEXC, OKX, KuCoin and Others Delisted
Overnight, the apps of 29 overseas crypto exchanges vanished from Google Play in South Korea. This was no technical glitch — it was a surgical strike by Korean regulators. On July 24, 2026, South Korea’s crypto community erupted. Search Google Play for OKX, Bybit, MEXC, KuCoin, Gemini, or BitMEX — all gone. The trigger was a long-gestating action by the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU): every overseas exchange app that has not completed Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration with the KoFIU is to be removed from Google Play[1]. ...