In Belarus, websites of a number of major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Bybit, Bitget, and OKX, have been added to the restricted access list. As reported by the local information portal Onliner, the decision was made by the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus.
The website addresses of the platforms were added to the restricted access list maintained by the unitary enterprise for telecommunications supervision "BelGIE".
When attempting to access the Bybit exchange website through local providers, a block page appears with the text: "Access to the information resource is restricted based on a decision by the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus, made in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Belarus 'On Mass Media'."
Other major exchanges, including Bitget, OKX, Binance, Kucoin, and MEXC, remain accessible for viewing and login, as of 22:30 Moscow time.
Notably, the list does not include the website addresses of the Binance and KuCoin exchanges. Although, as of 22:00, the listed Bitget and OKX are accessible for viewing and login.
At the end of November, it was reported that the Republic of Belarus introduced centralized registries of crypto wallets used for obtaining criminal income. This was announced by the Chairman of the State Control Committee (SCC), Vasily Gerasimov, speaking at a plenary meeting of the Eurasian Group (EAG) on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.
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