Shadow Ban on Crypto Exchanges

[pawanjain]

Does anyone have any updates on this topic? I searched today and found nothing on this topic. I am still able to access the exchanges on my phone without any issues. The problem with this government is that they do not keep its public updated. One fine morning they will wake up and place a ban before the community can come up with an alternative. I am sure many here would have some funds in one of these exchanges as I do for trading. If I am unable to access those funds then my BP will go high.

If you are holding funds on an exchange then that's the first thing you should reconsider.
Only hold amounts on third party platforms that you can afford to lose and so that your BP doesn't go higher.

As I mentioned in my post, the government hasn't announced deadlines for the shadow ban.
That's the reason why all of us are still able to access the exchanges without any hassle.
Once the ban is implemented it will take us 1 minute extra to access the exchange and so be prepared for it.

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[pawanjain]

Update 1:

Just got an update from Binance over email saying they are working with the regulators to comply with policies.
This means that their app was removed from app store for the same reason.
Things will change soon though and the government won't ban Binance from being used in India.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Things will change soon though and the government won't ban Binance from being used in India.

I got this email too and as far as I read they are working on to come to the agreement, but nothing yet guaranteed about the future of Binance in India while we don't need to worry about using Binance app for now because it's not banned, and we can still use the current version as long as government not announce the ban.

Binance is still available on Playstore, so whoever using Binance please update to the latest version ASAP before it vanish because it will take months to come back in action even if everything settled well.

[Bureau]

Things will change soon though and the government won't ban Binance from being used in India.

So, in case the ban happens like what happened on the Apple Play Store, what VPN is recommended? I am not going to wait for the app to come back.

I got this email too and as far as I read they are working on to come to the agreement, but nothing yet guaranteed about the future of Binance in India while we don't need to worry about using Binance app for now because it's not banned, and we can still use the current version as long as government not announce the ban.

Binance is still available on Playstore, so whoever using Binance please update to the latest version ASAP before it vanish because it will take months to come back in action even if everything settled well.

The content of the email is the same as they posted on their x.com handle for India. It will take time for them to get the issue resolved as they do not have any physical presence anywhere in the world. Updating the app would be the right thing to do but knowing Binance they sent updates every month. So it is a temporary solution to the upcoming problem.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Things will change soon though and the government won't ban Binance from being used in India.

So, in case the ban happens like what happened on the Apple Play Store, what VPN is recommended? I am not going to wait for the app to come back.

We can't install apps other than what is available on the app store in IOS, thanks to the closed ecosystem.

So the only option will be jail breaking the iPhone and install the app file (highly not recommended).

But for the android the solution is pretty simple, just download the APK and install it, but I don't see an option to download the wallet file from official site, so we have to trust the third party website!

[pakhitheboss]

Things will change soon though and the government won't ban Binance from being used in India.

So, in case the ban happens like what happened on the Apple Play Store, what VPN is recommended? I am not going to wait for the app to come back.

We can't install apps other than what is available on the app store in IOS, thanks to the closed ecosystem.

So the only option will be jail breaking the iPhone and install the app file (highly not recommended).

But for the android the solution is pretty simple, just download the APK and install it, but I don't see an option to download the wallet file from official site, so we have to trust the third party website!

I have been using MEXC global for sometime and Binance as I have seen a lot of coins that would get listed in big exchanges like Binance always first get listed on it. Got some decent profits with a few listing and I fear MEXC global will get banned. They are a non KYC centralized exchange and that is their USP. Why would they even want to comply with Indian government AML rules?

I am using MEXC application on my Android device. If there is ban can the ISP restrict me from accessing the application? This is what's bothering me as I have never been in such a situation and for that I am planning to start using paid VPN. Few of friends suggested that Express VPN is the best for India what do you guys recommend?

[pawanjain]

Things will change soon though and the government won't ban Binance from being used in India.

So, in case the ban happens like what happened on the Apple Play Store, what VPN is recommended? I am not going to wait for the app to come back.

I am using MEXC application on my Android device. If there is ban can the ISP restrict me from accessing the application? This is what's bothering me as I have never been in such a situation and for that I am planning to start using paid VPN. Few of friends suggested that Express VPN is the best for India what do you guys recommend?

I use proton VPN on daily basis and recommend the same.You can opt for proton VPN which is reliable and free to use or you can create your own VPN using any cloud services.
Even that can be free as there are free tiers for very basic plans and are sufficient to keep the node running.
There are tutorials available on Youtube as to how to do that.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I am using MEXC application on my Android device. If there is ban can the ISP restrict me from accessing the application? This is what's bothering me as I have never been in such a situation and for that I am planning to start using paid VPN. Few of friends suggested that Express VPN is the best for India what do you guys recommend?

If there is a ban then things will be complicated with accessing the app even with the VPN whether it's free or paid, because the servers will be taken down from India without the running servers in India I am not sure if we can access the app, but surely we can access the website and continue trading there.

Nord VPN is a good choice too, but I never used any paid VPN in my Android, but I always use Turbo VPN whenever it's needed.

[pawanjain]

Update 2:

The government has banned the URLs for binance, kucoin and other exchanges.
It was a shocker for me since the government acted quickly on this matter. I thought they will take some good amount of time before banning the URLs.
But just 2 days back they banned the app from app store and now they banned the URLs.
We are still able to access the URLs using VPN though.

[Bureau]

Update 2:

The government has banned the URLs for binance, kucoin and other exchanges.
It was a shocker for me since the government acted quickly on this matter. I thought they will take some good amount of time before banning the URLs.
But just 2 days back they banned the app from app store and now they banned the URLs.
We are still able to access the URLs using VPN though.

After reading your update, I went ahead and tried accessing Binance.com using my phone and I was able to visit the website.


I then checked for Kucoin and OKX and both website are appearing. I don't think that my ISP won't work on the ban request by the government. I did check Google Play Store and those apps are showing up. Are you sure that the urls are blocked?

[libert19]

Update 2:

The government has banned the URLs for binance, kucoin and other exchanges.
It was a shocker for me since the government acted quickly on this matter. I thought they will take some good amount of time before banning the URLs.
But just 2 days back they banned the app from app store and now they banned the URLs.
We are still able to access the URLs using VPN though.

Yep, Binance, Kucoin, Mexc, Kraken, Huobi — none of these work today.

I then checked for Kucoin and OKX and both website are appearing. I don't think that my ISP won't work on the ban request by the government. I did check Google Play Store and those apps are showing up. Are you sure that the urls are blocked?

Surely blocked on Jio and from Twitter I gather same case with airtel, what ISP are you using? Exchange apps were removed from apple's app store, not from Google play (at least not yet).

[pakhitheboss]

Update 2:

The government has banned the URLs for binance, kucoin and other exchanges.
It was a shocker for me since the government acted quickly on this matter. I thought they will take some good amount of time before banning the URLs.
But just 2 days back they banned the app from app store and now they banned the URLs.
We are still able to access the URLs using VPN though.

Yep, Binance, Kucoin, Mexc, Kraken, Huobi — none of these work today.

I then checked for Kucoin and OKX and both website are appearing. I don't think that my ISP won't work on the ban request by the government. I did check Google Play Store and those apps are showing up. Are you sure that the urls are blocked?

Surely blocked on Jio and from Twitter I gather same case with airtel, what ISP are you using? Exchange apps were removed from apple's app store, not from Google play (at least not yet).

They are only blocked by JIO but not by Airtel as I did check it before replying to the post. I am also using a local broadband service and generally, they do not block anything  in as per the directive of the government immediately. They would take their own time to block these URLs which I am sure would be a month or three.
No one reports it in our city we still can access some of the big names in the porn industry. I was wondering if Binance plans to change it URL from Binance.com to Binance.desi  It is possible if they do not feel to comply with the government regulations.

[pawanjain]

Update 2:

The government has banned the URLs for binance, kucoin and other exchanges.
It was a shocker for me since the government acted quickly on this matter. I thought they will take some good amount of time before banning the URLs.
But just 2 days back they banned the app from app store and now they banned the URLs.
We are still able to access the URLs using VPN though.

Yep, Binance, Kucoin, Mexc, Kraken, Huobi — none of these work today.

I then checked for Kucoin and OKX and both website are appearing. I don't think that my ISP won't work on the ban request by the government. I did check Google Play Store and those apps are showing up. Are you sure that the urls are blocked?

Surely blocked on Jio and from Twitter I gather same case with airtel, what ISP are you using? Exchange apps were removed from apple's app store, not from Google play (at least not yet).

They are only blocked by JIO but not by Airtel as I did check it before replying to the post. I am also using a local broadband service and generally, they do not block anything   in as per the directive of the government immediately. They would take their own time to block these URLs which I am sure would be a month or three.
No one reports it in our city we still can access some of the big names in the porn industry. I was wondering if Binance plans to change it URL from Binance.com to Binance.desi   It is possible if they do not feel to comply with the government regulations.

Yes, those are blocked by Jio currently and am not sure about Airtel yet. People who are using wifi are able to access the site since they don't block IPs very soon.
Besides that, we don't need to worry about the situation because Binance is already aware of the situation.
We have even received an email from Binance saying they are actively working with the regulators to comply with the AML policies.
So the IP ban will be removed soon and people will able to access Binance soon. It's just a matter about time.




Update 3:

Binance is removed from google play store as well. Shit is getting real !!!
Lets just hope Binance complies with the regulatory policies sooner.

[libert19]

No one reports it in our city we still can access some of the big names in the porn industry. I was wondering if Binance plans to change it URL from Binance.com to Binance.desi 

This was good one 

[Bitcoin Smith]

Update 2:

The government has banned the URLs for binance, kucoin and other exchanges.
It was a shocker for me since the government acted quickly on this matter. I thought they will take some good amount of time before banning the URLs.
But just 2 days back they banned the app from app store and now they banned the URLs.
We are still able to access the URLs using VPN though.

Government may not be really interested in the crypto at the moment but possible the RBI is behind this push because we know they don't like crypto existence and also recently we had seen they are pushing people to use erupee CBDC and they know crypto existence will be a barrier to convince the general people so now they will advertise their CBDC as government crypto.

[cabron]

Update 3:

Binance is removed from google play store as well. Shit is getting real !!!
Lets just hope Binance complies with the regulatory policies sooner.

The users who have already downloaded and used the Binance app on mobile will have no problem accessing their account according to the post above. This will not cause a big disturbance yet I hope everyone had their apps too. Anyone who has been using Binance but hasn't tried their mobile app is really going to miss their chance.

If they don't comply then Indian users will be forced to use the WazirX if there is no other choice. They will comply unless this is planned and the new CEO is to take the blame.

[libert19]

Update 3:

Binance is removed from google play store as well. Shit is getting real !!!
Lets just hope Binance complies with the regulatory policies sooner.

The users who have already downloaded and used the Binance app on mobile will have no problem accessing their account according to the post above. This will not cause a big disturbance yet I hope everyone had their apps too. Anyone who has been using Binance but hasn't tried their mobile app is really going to miss their chance.

Not really, you can still directly download apk through apk downloader sites, there are play store alternatives you can use such as aptoide.

On a note, I can still find Binance app on play store when went through Google search (rather than searching on play store), this doesn't work with other exchange apps, only with Binance.

If they don't comply then Indian users will be forced to use the WazirX if there is no other choice. They will comply unless this is planned and the new CEO is to take the blame.

Coindcx, wazirx, mudrex, colodax, coinswitch — these are ones I'm aware of. What I mean is there are more exchanges than wazirx.

[TheUltraElite]

I was wondering if Binance plans to change it URL from Binance.com to Binance.desi  It is possible if they do not feel to comply with the government regulations.

I see you are man of culture there, kemosabe
However I tried using the URL to access through an Airtel broadband and Jio broadband, both of which showed timeout - they are blocked by ISP it seems.

Situation is getting grim for those using these international exchanges and we are yet to hear from the government regarding any official ban news. For now, I guess using them needs off-play store sources - which increases the risks too.

[pakhitheboss]

No one reports it in our city we still can access some of the big names in the porn industry. I was wondering if Binance plans to change it URL from Binance.com to Binance.desi 

This was good one 

Hoping one of the Binance or other exchange executives takes my suggestion seriously and implements a special extension with Binance for the Indian community to access their platform without any interruption.

However I tried using the URL to access through an Airtel broadband and Jio broadband, both of which showed timeout - they are blocked by ISP it seems.

Situation is getting grim for those using these international exchanges and we are yet to hear from the government regarding any official ban news. For now, I guess using them needs off-play store sources - which increases the risks too.

It was already F**KED UP and it is going to be ROYALLY F**KED UP, all thanks to the Indian government and their negative approach towards cryptocurrency. The policy is simple when you do not understand the technology do not bother to work around it. Work around a way to ban it with zero approach;D that was always the Indian way of finding a solution.

[pawanjain]

I was wondering if Binance plans to change it URL from Binance.com to Binance.desi  It is possible if they do not feel to comply with the government regulations.

I see you are man of culture there, kemosabe

Hentai ? 

Hoping one of the Binance or other exchange executives takes my suggestion seriously and implements a special extension with Binance for the Indian community to access their platform without any interruption.

They won't have to get a new domain since they have already announced that they are working towards complying with the AML regulation.
So we will be able to access the binance website soon and get back the apps on app store and play store.