{"id":"01a1c170-097f-776e-a41b-d37fcd42d1d7","name":"Crypto exchanges expel Russian and Belarusian users","situation_type":"regulatory_pressure","status":"active","start_date":null,"end_date":null,"confidence":0.9,"member_count":4,"summary":"Four crypto exchanges — Bitget, MEXC, HTX and KuCoin — are reported to have expelled users from Russia and Belarus, with OKX expected to be the next exchange to bar or expel Russian and Belarusian users. The members describe the same cluster of exchange-level restrictions on users from the two countries.","place":null,"places":[],"intensity":null,"unknowns":[],"known_at":"2026-11-09T17:51:47.579625Z","actors":[],"members":[{"kind":"event","id":"01a1c06b-a577-7a1c-ac8f-353fd43fc221","title":"Bitget, MEXC, HTX and KuCoin expel users from Russia and Belarus","type_code":"regulatory_action","status":"completed","date":null,"role":"part_of"},{"kind":"event","id":"01a1c06b-a581-78fd-8042-670adb92edd9","title":"OKX expected to be next exchange to bar Russians and Belarusians","type_code":"regulatory_action","status":"scheduled","date":null,"role":"part_of"},{"kind":"event","id":"01a1c06e-96d4-7309-b127-7413466ab8b4","title":"OKX expected to be the next exchange to expel Russian and Belarusian users","type_code":"regulatory_action","status":"scheduled","date":null,"role":"part_of"},{"kind":"event","id":"01a1c06e-96b3-7751-b04c-7a1b21ae8475","title":"Russian and Belarusian users expelled from Bitget, MEXC, HTX and KuCoin","type_code":"regulatory_action","status":"completed","date":null,"role":"part_of"}],"evidence":null}