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Regulatory · Malaysia · Mon 2 Nov · 1 min read
Binance seeks Malaysia licence after five-year ban
What happened
Binance applying for a Malaysian licence five years after regulators banned it is the clearest signal yet that the exchange has shifted from growth-at-all-costs to regulatory rehabilitation across Southeast Asia. Malaysia's Securities Commission has one of the more demanding crypto licensing frameworks in the region, so approval is not guaranteed and will not be fast.…
Sources: Google News
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