Due to the influence of the central bank's document, over 31 cryptocurrency projects will suspend certain services for mainland users

Organizer: Gu Yu, Chain Catcher

Antpool

On October 14 at 17:00, Antpool announced today that in order to comply with the Chinese government's regulations regarding "mining" activities, it will make business adjustments. Starting from October 15, 2021, it will stop IP access from mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan). Additionally, a KYC certification system will be launched to authenticate global registered users.

Gate.io

On October 13, Gate.io announced that it has blocked access to the Gate.io website from mainland China, and the app has been removed from all application markets in mainland China. The platform's business will be conducted in a tiered manner while ensuring the safety of user assets. User account assets belong to the users, and the platform will continue to maintain the security of user assets, allowing access at any time. Gate.io also publicly stated that since its establishment, there have been no members of the company’s legal entities, shareholders, or board members who are Chinese nationals.

OKEx

On October 13, OKEx announced that since September 2017, the exchange has shifted its business focus to the international market and does not promote or provide services to the mainland Chinese market. The okex.com website is inaccessible in mainland China, and the app has also been removed from all application markets in mainland China.

Binance

On October 13, Binance C2C announced that it will remove the CNY trading zone at 24:00 (UTC+8) on December 31, 2021. Meanwhile, Binance will conduct an audit of platform users. If the platform identifies users from mainland China, their corresponding accounts will switch to "withdrawal only" mode, allowing users to only perform withdrawal, order cancellation, redemption, and position closing operations. Binance will notify the relevant users via email 7 days before the account switch.

On September 26 at around 9:00, Binance has stopped new user registrations from mainland China, and the country/region selection for mobile registration on the Binance app has removed mainland China while retaining new user registrations from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Matrixport

On October 11, the crypto financial service platform Matrixport, founded by several former partners of Bitmain, announced that it will complete the orderly exit of users from mainland China while ensuring the safety of their assets. Starting from October 15, 2021, Matrixport will terminate all product services on the Matrixport App for users in mainland China, including but not limited to trading, wealth management, and lending.

RRMINE

On October 11, the global decentralized computing power service platform RRMINE officially announced the complete shutdown of its computing power sales business in mainland China. It is reported that RRMINE has always adhered to compliant development and actively responded to local policies. This adjustment is due to the platform's need for global development and its commitment to international layout.

Bitmain

On October 10, Bitmain announced that Antminer will stop shipping to mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan) starting from October 11. Bitmain also stated that for customers in mainland China who have purchased forward products, staff will contact them to provide alternative solutions. This shipping policy adjustment does not affect overseas market customers.

MEXC

On October 10, MEXC announced that in response to local regulatory policy requirements, it will orderly exit users identified as from mainland China before 24:00 (UTC+8) on December 31 of this year, while ensuring the safety of user assets. Specific details will be communicated through announcements, internal messages, emails, etc., continuously guiding users to complete asset withdrawal as soon as possible.

Poloniex

On October 8, the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announced that due to compliance factors, it will stop providing services to users in mainland China starting from October 7, and will complete the orderly exit of users in mainland China by 12:00 on November 7. Currently, users cannot increase positions or open any new leveraged and contract positions in the market. Additionally, if there are any outstanding loans, the platform will delay the exit time until the loans are settled. Poloniex warns that in the future, users in mainland China will also be unable to access the website via VPN, otherwise their accounts will be frozen.

KuCoin

On October 3 at around 15:00, the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced that according to the latest regulatory policies, it plans to complete the orderly exit of users from mainland China before 00:00 on January 1, 2022, while ensuring the safety of user assets. KuCoin advises users to transfer their assets to other platforms before the deadline, and the platform will continue to notify relevant users via email, internal messages, etc., to take action as soon as possible.

Imtoken

On September 29, the decentralized wallet imToken stated in its product policy adjustment announcement that in order to comply with China's regulatory policies, it will restrict Chinese users from accessing and using third-party applications, including DEX, staking mining, liquidity mining, as well as lending and derivatives.

BitZ

On September 28, BitZ announced that in response to regulatory policy requirements, it has stopped new user registrations and KYC for mainland China since September 26, 2021. For existing users, BitZ will complete an orderly exit while ensuring the safety of user assets and will officially cease operations on October 21. Starting from 15:00 (UTC+8) on October 21, all users will no longer be able to log into the platform's website and app.

BitMart

On September 28 at around 11:00, the cryptocurrency exchange BitMart announced that it will start the exit process for existing users identified as from mainland China. BitMart plans to complete a smooth and orderly exit by 24:00 on November 30, 2021 (UTC+8), while ensuring the safety of user assets.

Feixiaohao

On September 28 at around 8:00, the cryptocurrency market website Feixiaohao announced that in order to actively respond to the Chinese government's regulatory policy requirements, it will stop providing related services to users in mainland China starting from September 28, 2021.

F2Pool

On the evening of September 27, F2Pool announced in its client that it will no longer provide services to countries or regions such as China. F2Pool reserves the right to restrict or terminate services in specific regions unilaterally. If F2Pool unilaterally believes that a user is a citizen or resident of that country or region, F2Pool may freeze or terminate those accounts.

COINBIG

On the evening of September 27, the cryptocurrency exchange COINBIG announced that due to changes in the Chinese government's policies regarding the operation of and related technical services for supporting cryptocurrency exchanges, COINBIG needs to actively comply with relevant regulatory requirements and make the following arrangements: stop all new user registrations, deposits, and trading from October 2, and suspend cryptocurrency trading and withdrawals from October 9 for system upgrades.

BiKi

On the evening of September 26, the cryptocurrency exchange BiKi announced that in order to actively embrace the regulatory terms of various countries and regions, it will stop registrations and KYC for mainland Chinese phone numbers starting from 16:00 (Singapore time) on September 26, 2021. Starting from 00:00 (Singapore time) on October 1, the platform will block access from mainland Chinese IPs.

CoinBene

On the evening of September 26, the cryptocurrency exchange CoinBene announced that in response to regulatory requirements worldwide, it will permanently close services in China (including mainland China and Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) starting immediately. From the issuance of this announcement, all new user registration functions and all asset deposit functions, leveraged borrowing functions, and remaining asset functions in China will be permanently closed, and services for Chinese users will be completely shut down by October 26.

AEX

On the evening of September 26, the cryptocurrency exchange AEX officially released an announcement regarding the adjustment of AEX services and systems, stating that it has noted the latest industry regulatory policies issued by regulatory agencies in mainland China and will soon close registration and access for users in mainland China, while users from other countries will not be affected.

QKL123

On September 26 at around 17:00, the cryptocurrency data website QKL123 announced that it will stop providing services to users in mainland China starting immediately and has restricted access from mainland China IPs.

Huobi

On September 26 at around 15:00, Huobi announced that in response to local government regulatory policy requirements, Huobi Global has stopped new user registrations from mainland China since September 24, 2021 (UTC+8). For existing users identified as from mainland China, it plans to complete an orderly exit before 24:00 on December 31, 2021 (UTC+8), while ensuring the safety of user assets. Specific exit details will be communicated to users through announcements, emails, internal messages, and SMS.

MOBOX

On September 26 at around 15:00, the blockchain game project MOBOX announced that according to relevant Chinese policies and regulations, the MOBOX platform will not provide services to users in mainland China. Starting from 16:00 on September 28, 2021 (Beijing time), the MOBOX platform will undergo upgrades and block all mainland Chinese IPs to further ensure that the platform does not provide services to residents of mainland China.

ZKSwap

On September 26 at noon, the Layer 2 DEX project ZKSwap announced that it will stop providing all virtual currency trading and related products and services to users with Chinese IPs, specifically including: no longer supporting access to the website and app for users with Chinese IPs, and no longer supporting Swap and other product services for users with Chinese IPs. Based on ZKSwap's L2 expansion technology, users can withdraw at any time, and ZKSwap will continue to explore the application of Ethereum's L2 technology in various fields while complying with local laws globally.

CoinTiger

In the early morning of September 26, the cryptocurrency exchange CoinTiger announced that starting from 00:00 (UTC+8) on September 27, 2021, it will no longer provide related services to users in mainland China, including but not limited to: blocking access and login from mainland Chinese IPs, prohibiting users with mainland Chinese phone numbers (+86) from registering, prohibiting users with mainland Chinese email addresses from registering, and prohibiting users from mainland China from conducting KYC.

HyperDAO

In the early morning of September 26, the IDO platform HyperDAO (HDAO) Foundation announced that it will no longer discuss and communicate topics related to virtual currencies on Chinese social media and will stop and withdraw from all business in mainland China.

Loopring

In the early morning of September 26, Loopring announced that it will stop providing all products and services related to virtual currency trading for Chinese users, specifically including: no longer supporting Chinese users to place orders for trading; no longer supporting Chinese users to use third-party applications related to trading through the Loopring wallet. However, Loopring stated that due to its zkRollup expansion technology, users can still withdraw at any time, and a new announcement will be released as soon as the above measures are implemented.

BiONE

On September 25 at around 23:00, BiONE exchange announced that it will undergo permanent maintenance on September 29, 2021 (UTC+8) and reminded users to transfer their held cryptocurrencies to other exchanges or wallets before September 29, 2021. The platform will not be responsible for any inability to withdraw cryptocurrencies due to failure to withdraw by the deadline.

BHEX

On September 24 at around 21:00, the cryptocurrency trading platform BHEX (formerly Hobit Exchange) announced on its official website the permanent closure of WWW.BHEX.COM platform services, and will stop spot trading functions on October 9. The asset withdrawal function will only be open until October 16, after which the platform will close, and users will be unable to use all trading functions on the website and app.

Debank

On September 24 at around 16:00, the DeFi data website Debank has suspended Token exchanges, rankings, and other related services within China, with its website interface displaying "Service unavailable in the current region."

TokenPocket Wallet

On September 25 at around 10:00, TokenPocket Wallet announced that in order to actively embrace relevant regulatory terms, it will terminate certain functional services for users in mainland China, and cease services for third-party DApps that may involve trading and do not comply with the "Notice" and other normative documents or legal regulations, while retaining basic wallet service functions and providing related services only to users in regions that comply with relevant regulatory rules. Specific plans will be detailed in subsequent announcements.

Spark Pool

On September 24 at around 23:00, Spark Pool announced that in order to comply with the latest industry regulatory policies in China, Spark Pool has decided to no longer provide mining pool services to users in mainland China. The specific shutdown plan for services in mainland China will be announced soon. Spark Pool will actively cooperate with the regulatory measures of relevant departments.