Japan's Financial Services Agency requests Apple and Google to remove apps of 5 unregistered cryptocurrency exchanges

TechFlow news, February 7 — According to Nikkei News, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has requested Apple and Google to remove applications of five unregistered overseas cryptocurrency exchanges. The affected exchanges include Bybit Fintech Limited based in Dubai and MEXC Global in Singapore. Apple has already complied by removing these apps from the App Store. The FSA had previously warned these exchanges against serving Japanese users without registration, but received no response. This marks the first time regulators have enforced such app delisting measures.

Previous report: Multiple cryptocurrency exchange apps removed from Japan's App Store.