{"id":46943,"date":"2021-07-30T09:54:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T06:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=46943"},"modified":"2025-09-01T18:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:55:12","slug":"okcoin-gains-malta-and-netherlands-regulators-approvals-plus-puerto-rico-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/okcoin-gains-malta-and-netherlands-regulators-approvals-plus-puerto-rico-license\/","title":{"rendered":"OKCoin gains Malta and Netherlands regulators&#8217; approvals, plus Puerto Rico license"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin exchange OKCoin has received a &#8216;principled&#8217; approval from the Malta regulator and new licenses in the Netherlands and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Okcoin is now registered in:<br \/>?? The Netherlands<br \/>?? Malta<br \/>?? Puerto Rico<\/p>\n<p>We now serve over 185 countries. Crypto for all ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jWih4MQ0IW\">https:\/\/t.co\/jWih4MQ0IW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Okcoin (@Okcoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Okcoin\/status\/1420782465384390661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, after the Malta Financial Services Authority&#8217;s formal approval, OKCoin will become the only US-headquartered exchange to obtain a Class 4 license. This will allow it to offer clients cryptocurrency trading in addition to publicly available wallet services.<\/p>\n<p>Registration with the Dutch Central Bank will enable expanding partnerships with financial institutions and integrating payment systems across Europe, OKCoin said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEurope is at the centre of our global growth plans, and in 2021 we added almost 25 team members to better serve clients in this region,\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/okcoin-announces-cryptocurrency-daba-licensing-in-malta-and-the-netherlands-301343927.html\">emphasised<\/a> Hun Fan, CEO of the company.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Puerto Rico the exchange received a money-transfer services license, enabling it to begin serving users in this US jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2020, OKCoin <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-exchange-okcoin-opens-singapore-office\">opened an office in Singapore<\/a> as a hub to service traders in Asia and Oceania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin exchange OKCoin has received a &#8216;principled&#8217; approval from the Malta regulator and new licenses in the Netherlands and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1166,745,718,231,26],"class_list":["post-46943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-malta","tag-netherlands","tag-okcoin","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46944,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46943\/revisions\/46944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}