5 Digital Asset Exchanges Are Registered With the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) as Recognized Market Operators. The SC Lists 40 Exchanges as Not Permitted to Continue Operations From 1 March 2019 (21) or 1 June 2019 (19).

Every Firm on the SC's Digital Asset Lists

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Sources: SC list of registered digital asset exchanges (as of 20 Jul 2026, read 22 Oct 2026) and SC digital asset players. Methodology.

Analysis

• Only 5 Crypto Exchanges Are Registered in Malaysia. None of the 10 Global Exchanges We Checked Is One of Them

  21 Oct 2026 · The Securities Commission's register of digital asset exchanges: who is on it and which global names are missing.

• Malaysia's Securities Regulator Has Reprimanded Binance and Bybit for Running Unregistered Exchanges

  21 Oct 2026 · What the SC ordered in 2021 and 2024, and the four further unregistered exchanges it acted against in 2026.

• Malaysia Told 40 Crypto Exchanges to Stop Operating in 2019

  21 Oct 2026 · The SC's lists of exchanges that had to cease operations on 1 March and 1 June 2019, including Upbit Malaysia.

Key Dates

1. 1 Mar 2019Deadline

   21 Exchanges Not Permitted to Continue

   SC list

2. 1 Jun 2019Deadline

   19 More Exchanges Not Permitted to Continue

   SC list

3. 14 Apr 2026Enforcement

   Curbs on Promotion by Unregistered Exchanges

   SC release

4. 20 May 2026Rules

   Revised DAX Guidelines in Force

   SC release

5. 20 Jul 2026SC list

   SC List Updated

   SC list

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