Bitget has begun withdrawing services for residents of Japan, stopping new account registrations immediately and setting a timeline that will lead to mandatory account restrictions later this year.
Summary
- Bitget has stopped new registrations from Japan and will begin restricting resident accounts from Nov. 1.
- Users who believe they were wrongly classified as Japan residents must complete address verification before the deadline.
- Japan’s regulators had repeatedly warned Bitget over providing services without local registration before the exchange announced its exit.
- The move follows Bitget’s recent practice of limiting access in markets where it does not hold the…
