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My country IP is banned from using Binance, but I have an account for about two years and I use a dedicated VPN IP address to access that account. I never had a problem in this whole time.

with recent Binance Dramatically Reduces Daily Withdrawal Limits (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5351434.0), I thought of trying another platform. Is kucoin safe as Binance in terms of accessing accounts using VPN? Have you had any problems before?

It's hard to say without knowing what country you're in, and I don't know which countries Kucoin serves off the top of my head.  Why not just give it a shot and register?  Presumably if you can do that you won't have any troubles doing trades and withdrawing funds, although I believe you have to be able to receive SMS texts in order to do all of that.  You might run into problems if the number you provide is from a country on their restricted list (but I think you can also use the Google authenticator app).

In any case, if I were you I'd just go through the steps of registering and also read their rules and what you have to do as far as withdrawing coins.  That'll probably help you more than anyone on the forum can.

The first user is from Spain while the second is from the U.S.

And from my understanding, you should be able to use the platform as long as you don't verify your identity, even if you're from a sanctioned country.

I think it's safe for now but nobody knows for how long as I expect a huge exodus of traders from Binance to closely big exchanges like Kucoin. Their daily withdrawal limit is also huge for unverified accounts (5 BTC daily). This will definitely attract lots of traders. But with more popularity comes more pressure from governments and law enforcement agencies.

I have used kucoin without KYC and with VPN many times. I confirm that I haven't experienced any issue till now.
As stated by OmegaStarScream, they allow all users to withdraw up to 5 BTC per day.
They allow you to use their service even if you are from a country which is not included in their KYC list and your real IP address is disclosed to them.

Just note that you will need to set a trading password when registering an account. As you are not going to verify your identity, it will be very difficult to reset it if it's forgotten. Keep your trading password and the 2FA secret key in a safe place.

Just a default thing to be done since these are the things which you do mainly need to keep it safe and secure because these are the things would be needed if those unexpected situations do happen.

Recently on that withdrawal limit issue on binance then there are lots whom do really react and sees it negatively and based up on experience on using up KUCOIN even though im a die hard
user of Binance.I can say that using up VPN is just good and no issue and the given limit is much more better on what other competitors been offering.
So i can definitely say that it is safe on making use of it.

Agreed. Those whales who want their identity hidden, use Kucoin now. This offer will not be available indefinitely. All exchanges will in due time be forced to limit no KYC withdrawals to under $10,000 per day to avoid the antimoney laundering rule.

On a side note, getting a smooth access from a banned or restricted country by way of VPN might not completely get you off the hook. I would interpret Binance and other exchanges' recent actions and compliance steps as bowing down to the legal demands and tightening government regulations. Not only did Binance reduce its withdrawal limit, it also required verification even to users with the lowest withdrawal threshold. They seem to be shaping up, which might mean a stricter implementation or crack down against users from banned countries might also begin one of these days.

If you earn a lot of money than the withdrawal limit, you should move your funds to the other exchange or verify your account to increase your limit.
But in your case, I think it should be better to move your funds to the other exchange because using a VPN to access the exchange can be a risk as the exchange can block your account or the access.
Otherwise, you can still use Binance and be happy with reducing the withdrawal for your account.

Kucoin exchange is not safe in similar way like Binance and I think they had at least one or more hacks, but I hear from other people that is is working fine with vpn, until they reduce withdrawal limit same way like Binance did, so better don't talk so much about it ;)
I don't like their concept of separate accounts for trading and holding, that in my opinions makes pointless transfer of coins and waste of time.

Thanks everyone, I will give it a try with small amounts and since there are no reports of account closure or identity verification request, it might be a good alternative to Binance because I think they will start banning accounts soon. :-[

The limits of 5 bitcoins seem too much I hope they succeed in moving away from regulatory opinions.

How far can an unverified account go if the user is from a friendly jurisdiction, in terms of withdrawal caps and access to derivatives?

That doesn't really matter. OP is going to use kucoin with VPN.
And even if you login to Kucoin with an IP address associated with a country which is not included on their KYC list at all, they will still allow you to use their service and make withdrawals up to 5 BTC per day. 

Actually I'm still confused whether Binance will still allow access to its products and services to users who avoid even basic verification. It seems the direction is toward imposing KYC to all its users as a basic requirement. However, it is also stated that "unverified users can only withdraw a maximum of 0.06 BTC daily."^[1] At the same time, "daily withdrawal limits will be adjusted to 0.06 BTC for accounts which have completed only basic account verification."^[2] So I guess it is the same as before, 2BTC for unverified but still 2BTC for basic verification, only that the new version is 0.06BTC for unverified and 0.06BTC for basic verification.

As to jurisdiction, I think everything is limited to friendly countries. Outside of it are the restricted and banned territories. However, the same policy of varying deposit and withdrawal caps depending on the user's country of residence still applies.

I'm not into derivatives but I think there is no additional requirement for spot users to get access to the derivatives market.

[1] https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684902130/%E2%80%8BWhat-is-KYC-and-How-Is-it-Increasingly-Important-for-Crypto
[2] https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/9df8225c061b455da5c7cc293cd08a70

If Kucoin doesn't allow your country residents to use their platform then it is never safe no matter you are using VPN and keep the limits as low as possible because every centralized exchanges may as you for KYC at any time even if there is no need for it and if you can't verify it then you can never get back to your funds.

Not really sure about that 'user priority' decision. IMO Kucoin ' copies' a lot of Binance features but they're not operating in the same way, at least I don't see a lot of reports stating that they move their headquarter regularly. Who knows for how long though, if Binance can't avoid regulation I bet others will follow.

Anyway, the risk is always there. Might as well be prepared to use a P2P platform to trade at this point.