KuCoin Pulls All Products From Russia and Belarus Users Immediately

The timing is the story: a major exchange cutting off two entire markets on the same day Moscow moves to formalize crypto oversight through a self-regulator suggests compliance positioning rather than a technical or commercial decision. KuCoin's silence on the rule behind the cutoff leaves users and counterparties guessing, which is itself a signal about how much latitude exchanges have to act preemptively. The open question is whether other venues follow suit or treat this as isolated, and whether the 90-day self-regulator window becomes the reference point for how Russian and Belarusian access is ultimately structured.