Crypto exchange Binance is enforcing tougher Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for Russian users after the latest wave of European Union sanctions.
In a blog post today, Binance said that it will limit services for “Russian nationals or natural persons residing in Russia, or legal entities established in Russia” with crypto holdings exceeding €10,000 (around $10,900), following the EU’s fifth package of anti-Russia restrictions. Users that fit this description will be made to complete a proof-of-address check.
Ukraine’s deputy minister of digital transformation Alex Bornyakov hailed the changes in a tweet. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, who sees crypto as a “terrible” method of avoiding sanctions, has previously described blocking all Russians from using crypto exchanges as unethical.
Users that must now undergo checks in line with the new restrictions will be placed in “withdrawal-only mode,” according to the blog post — meaning no deposits or trading will be permitt
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