{"id":92622,"date":"2025-12-24T20:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92622"},"modified":"2025-12-24T20:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:35:09","slug":"bybit-to-exit-japanese-market-amid-regulatory-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bybit-to-exit-japanese-market-amid-regulatory-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Bybit to Exit Japanese Market Amid Regulatory Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From January 22, 2026, cryptocurrency exchange Bybit will cease serving residents of Japan due to pressure from local regulators, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/coinpost.jp\/?p=676379\">CoinPost Japan<\/a>, citing an official statement from the platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;As part of Bybit&#8217;s active efforts to comply with Japanese regulatory requirements, we have decided to stop providing services to customers residing in Japan,&#8221; the company stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The restrictions will be enforced through IP address blocking. The exchange plans a &#8220;phased&#8221; withdrawal from the country.<\/p>\n<p>If users are mistakenly identified as Japanese residents, they should update or complete the residency verification process.<\/p>\n<p>Bybit has taken this step amid increasing pressure from the Financial Services Agency (FSA). In late October 2025, the exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bybit-to-halt-new-user-registrations-in-japan\">suspended<\/a> new user registrations to comply with regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the company has received warnings from the FSA three times (in May 2021, March 2023, and November 2024) and has been gradually withdrawing from the Japanese market.<\/p>\n<p>CoinPost noted that this move could be seen as an attempt to &#8220;re-enter&#8221; the licensed market in the country. In 2023, Binance took a similar approach: initially, the main division of the exchange left Japan, then Binance Japan was launched through the acquisition of Sakura Exchange Bitcoin, which held a local license.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Japan&#8217;s Finance Minister, Katsunobu Kato, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/japans-finance-minister-endorses-cryptocurrency-investments\">acknowledged<\/a> that cryptocurrencies could be part of diversified investment portfolios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bybit will cease serving Japanese residents from January 22, 2026, due to local regulatory pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bybit to exit Japan due to regulatory pressure from January 2026.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1151,135],"class_list":["post-92622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bybit","tag-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"134","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bybit to exit Japan due to regulatory pressure from January 2026.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92622","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=92622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92624,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92622\/revisions\/92624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}