Huobi and KuCoin are reportedly allowing customers of sanctioned Russian banks to access their trading platforms. Binance was also allowing Russians to convert local currency to crypto without KYC checks. Popular crypto exchanges KuCoin and Huobi have come under fire for failing to comply with the sanctions imposed on Russia in light of its conflict […]
Huobi and KuCoin are reportedly allowing customers of sanctioned Russian banks to access their trading platforms.Popular crypto exchanges KuCoin and Huobi have come under fire for failing to comply with the sanctions imposed on Russia in light of its conflict with Ukraine. The Seychelles-based firms have a considerable presence in the crypto space and are counted among the world’s largest crypto exchanges.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Inca Digital CEO Adam Zarazinski stated that the exchanges violated the sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States. He further revealed that Russians often use to move funds out of the country. Additionally, the exchanges used USDT to provide crypto banking services to the sanctioned banks., was also named as one platform that catered to Russian nationals looking to convert local currency into cryptocurrency. This reportedly includes using Binance’s OTC trading desk and a peer-to-peer marketplace. Russians can use these methods to convert up to $10,000 without completing know-your-customer checks.
However, Binance’s head of global sanctions, Chagri Poyraz, claimed that the firm was a full KYC platform. Additionally, it was the first major crypto exchange to comply with sanctions imposed by the European Union. He said in a statement to Bloomberg: “Our P2P team takes the extraordinary added step of filtering any forms of communication between users to ensure there is absolutely no potential nexus with Russian entities through any sort of workaround.”Subscribe to get it daily in your inbox.
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