KuCoin ends all services in Russia and Belarus in 2026, with deadlines sent by private notice
KuCoin said on 29 October 2026 that it is discontinuing all services for users in Russia and Belarus, effective immediately. Affected users get their deadlines to close positions and withdraw in an individual notification, not in the public notice.
KuCoin said on 29 October 2026 that it will discontinue services for users in Russia and Belarus "effective immediately", covering all of its products, services and features. The public notice gives no closing date. Each affected user is told to expect an individual notification with their own deadlines. KuCoin's Terms of Use, updated the same day, include Russia and Belarus in a list of "Restricted Locations" that also covers the United States, mainland China, Hong Kong and other places.
KuCoin is on the exchange register, which records who stands behind the kucoin.com contract and what its terms allow.
What the document says
The notice is short. It names no product, no date and no withdrawal method. On the exit itself it says:
we are committed to an orderly termination process that allows affected users to close positions and withdraw their assets.
KuCoin, Important Notice: Discontinuation of Services in Russia and Belarus, retrieved 2026-10-30
Users who did not receive a notification are told no action is needed, but that their account stays subject to the Terms of Use and any applicable restrictions. The notice also warns users to deal only with official KuCoin channels because of phishing.
The Terms of Use, marked last updated 29 October 2026, list the "Restricted Locations" in Article 17(5) as the United States and its territories, Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Belarus, Ontario and British Columbia in Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine. The platform may update that list "at the Platform's sole and absolute discretion".
KuCoin's stated reason is compliance. In a post on X, as reported by Cointelegraph, it wrote: "Compliance is at the core of our operations and guides our decisions on where and how we offer our services." The notice does not name a regulator, a sanctions list or a law.
What it changes for users
Users in Russia and Belarus lose access to all KuCoin products and services, according to the notice, with no public end date for withdrawals.
The dates that matter are in a private message. Two users can have different deadlines, and the public page will not show either.
Article 36 of the Terms of Use lets the platform suspend, interrupt or terminate a user's services "without notifying such User and without assuming any responsibility to such User or any third party". The notice promises an orderly process. The contract does not require one.
Messages claiming to be an exit notice are a phishing risk the notice itself names.
Background
The kucoin.com Terms of Use name no company as the counterparty. The company behind the platform appears in a US court record instead: on 27 January 2025 the Department of Justice said Peken Global Limited, which it described as a Seychelles-based entity operating KuCoin, pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, agreed to pay more than $297 million and agreed to exit the US market for at least two years. That case is about the US, not Russia or Belarus, and the notice does not mention it.
Yes. KuCoin said on 29 October 2026 that services for users in Russia and Belarus are discontinued effective immediately, across all products.
What is the deadline to withdraw from KuCoin in Russia or Belarus?
The public notice does not give one. KuCoin says each affected user receives a notification with their own deadlines to close positions and withdraw.
Which countries does KuCoin restrict?
Article 17(5) of the Terms of Use, updated 29 October 2026, lists Russia and Belarus among its Restricted Locations, alongside the United States, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, France and the Netherlands, among others. KuCoin can change the list at its sole discretion.
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