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BitForex

BitForex is not registered with Japan's FSA; the FSA has sent it 2 warnings for serving residents of Japan without registration, most recently Mar 2023.

Status

FSA warning (unregistered) · checked 21 Oct 2026
FSA register of crypto-asset exchange service providers and FSA warnings. Electronic payment instruments (stablecoin) intermediaries are not covered.

FSA register

No company of this name is registered as a crypto-asset exchange service provider (register as of 30 Sep 2026). FSA register official

FSA warning

Jun 2020: FSA warning letter: listed among operators that “conducted crypto-asset exchange business with residents of Japan via the internet” without registration (our translation) (Bitforex Limited; location given by the FSA: セーシェル共和国). FSA list official

FSA warning

Mar 2023: FSA warning letter: listed among operators that “conducted crypto-asset exchange business with residents of Japan via the internet” without registration (our translation) (Bitforex Limited; location given by the FSA: セーシェル共和国). FSA list official

Assets

None handled / n.a. (Number of crypto-assets handled per the FSA register)

Public statement

Not applicable.

History

• Jun 2020FSA warning letter: listed among operators that “conducted crypto-asset exchange business with residents of Japan via the internet” without registration (our translation) (Bitforex Limited; location given by the FSA: セーシェル共和国). — fsa.go.jp official
• Mar 2023FSA warning letter: listed among operators that “conducted crypto-asset exchange business with residents of Japan via the internet” without registration (our translation) (Bitforex Limited; location given by the FSA: セーシェル共和国). — fsa.go.jp official

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