# South Korea Blocks 27 Offshore Crypto Exchange Websites, Including KuCoin and MEXC

Regulators referred 44 unregistered operators to investigators, while Jeonbuk Bank prepares what Bitcoin Magazine reports is the country's first bitcoin-backed loan product.

- Published: 2026-10-13T05:42:08.752Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-10-13/south-korea-blocks-27-offshore-crypto-exchange-websites-incl
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/south-korea-blocks-kucoin-mexc-and-25-other-sites/), [GNcrypto](https://www.gncrypto.news/news/south-korea-blocks-27-crypto-websites-kucoin-mexc/), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/south-korea-bank-offers-bitcoin-loans)

South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), part of the Financial Services Commission, ordered domestic access blocked to 27 websites run by unregistered overseas crypto exchanges. The list includes KuCoin, MEXC, Phemex, XT.com, Bitrue…

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