Press · Malaysia

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Key Numbers

• 5: 5 digital asset exchanges are registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) as Recognized Market Operators (as of 20 Jul 2026). SC
• 40: the SC lists 40 exchanges as not permitted to continue operations from 1 March 2019 (21) or 1 June 2019 (19). SC
• RM17.14 billion: trading value on regulated DAXs in 2025, up 23% from RM13.93 billion in 2024. SC
• 2: global exchanges publicly reprimanded by the SC for operating without registration (Binance 2021, Bybit 2024). SC, SC

Analysis

• Only 5 Crypto Exchanges Are Registered in Malaysia. None of the 10 Global Exchanges We Checked Is One of Them

  21 Oct 2026 · The Securities Commission's register of digital asset exchanges: who is on it and which global names are missing.

• Malaysia's Securities Regulator Has Reprimanded Binance and Bybit for Running Unregistered Exchanges

  21 Oct 2026 · What the SC ordered in 2021 and 2024, and the four further unregistered exchanges it acted against in 2026.

• Malaysia Told 40 Crypto Exchanges to Stop Operating in 2019

  21 Oct 2026 · The SC's lists of exchanges that had to cease operations on 1 March and 1 June 2019, including Upbit Malaysia.

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