{"id":57608,"date":"2022-02-11T18:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T16:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57608"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:33:15","slug":"pancakeswap-to-block-users-from-ten-jurisdictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/pancakeswap-to-block-users-from-ten-jurisdictions\/","title":{"rendered":"PancakeSwap to block users from ten jurisdictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decentralized platform <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-pancakeswap-a-uniswap-style-dex-on-binance-smart-chain\">PancakeSwap<\/a> warned that, effective March 9, 2022, it will block access to its services from IP addresses in ten jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>The following jurisdictions were included:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Belarus;<\/li>\n<li>Cuba;<\/li>\n<li>Democratic Republic of the Congo;<\/li>\n<li>Iran;<\/li>\n<li>Iraq;<\/li>\n<li>North Korea;<\/li>\n<li>Sudan;<\/li>\n<li>Syria;<\/li>\n<li>Zimbabwe;<\/li>\n<li>Crimea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of them are on the U.S. government&#8217;s sanctions lists.<\/p>\n<p>When visiting the PancakeSwap site from these jurisdictions, a corresponding notice appears.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/n1yZI6LhLyHty8K8zhhZ-o26oEw8wiaEkGCtWPRkzH4s56rqCN37EtyNx2-v5beNrej98vZLTxUo1yCTunbRG04xbTjiHr65KS_eOXCOGXHZ7O9Pnrn3wsmhslkYrK5oNnnZwV4V\" alt=\"DEX PancakeSwap blocks users from ten jurisdictions\"\/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/pancakeswap.finance\/\">PancakeSwap<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the Iranian crypto community CryptoClub confirmed the geolocation-based blocking warning. Users began asking about the possibility of using VPNs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\ud83d\udcccDecentralized exchange PancakeSwap will not serve Iranian users from March 9! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/niUBaaNHox\">pic.twitter.com\/niUBaaNHox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoClub | \u06a9\u0631\u06cc\u067e\u062a\u0648\u06a9\u0644\u0627\u0628 (@irCryptoClub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irCryptoClub\/status\/1491746827238060033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/chain\/BSC\">DeFiLlama<\/a>, PancakeSwap is the largest by value of assets locked in the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem. It accounts for $4.81 billion \u2014 about 36% of the total $13.25 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a9MycyFSaBROTi1cyaZ1c3jqbs625PhHVelrwoF0UaZMJeLJ-AjFec7pmklPwRjfq1mMqms0lfrLyFwz4tJDWDb6aJezinauy6_yT2FTBBb-F6spi0ILOGkzQsIK7kHpeD-EgHlh\" alt=\"DEX PancakeSwap blocks users from ten jurisdictions\"\/><figcaption>Data: DeFiLlama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In October 2021, the U.S. Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control published guidance for crypto industry participants on complying with U.S. sanctions. The document recommended using &#8216;geolocation tools&#8217; to identify and block IP addresses from sanctioned jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in September, the decentralized platform 1inch began blocking US users ahead of the launch of a product designed for them.<\/p>\n<p>Binance, a centralized exchange, also resorted to restricting access for American users to avoid violating the country\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decentralized platform PancakeSwap warned that, from March 9, 2022, it will block access to its services from IP addresses in ten jurisdictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57609,"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":[1412,787,1446],"class_list":["post-57608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bans-and-restrictions","tag-dex","tag-pancakeswap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"81","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57608","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=57608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57610,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57608\/revisions\/57610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}