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The OKX restricted countries list, as OKX writes itWhere only futures and derivatives are closedCountries not on the list where futures can still be closedWhat "restricted" means for an account you already haveHow the other exchanges treat the same countriesHow to check your own country in ten minutes
The OKX restricted countries list, as OKX writes it
Find your country in the first column of the table below. A plain country name means no account at all, not even spot. A name with "derivatives" next to it means only part of the app is closed, so the rest may open normally while the futures tab simply is not there.
| Country or region | What the document says |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Not available |
| Canada | Not available |
| Cuba | Not available |
| Hong Kong | Not available |
| Iran | Not available |
| India | Not available |
| Japan | Not available |
| Malaysia | Not available |
| Nepal | Not available |
| North Korea | Not available |
| Syria | Not available |
| Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk | Not available |
| Certain US jurisdictions and all US territories | Not available |
| Uzbekistan | Not available |
| Australia | Derivatives and CeFi services only |
| Brazil | Derivatives and P2P only |
| South Korea | Derivatives and P2P only |
| United Kingdom | Derivatives, CeFi and P2P |
EEA residents get perpetual-style X-Perps from OKX Europe (up to 10x, after an appropriateness test).
statuses checked 25 Oct 2026 in the exchanges’ own documents, Risk & Compliance Disclosure (8 Jul 2026).
In several of the fully restricted places the reason is the local law rather than OKX's own preference — your country page gives the rule, the date and what people there actually use.
One more detail worth knowing: OKX runs different versions of this disclosure for different regions, and they are not identical. The version written for the United States also names Bangladesh, El Salvador, France and its overseas territories, and Nigeria. A European version of the same document appears to add more names again, so if you live in the EEA, open the version OKX shows you rather than this one. If two OKX pages disagree, treat the one written for your region as the one that will decide your sign-up.
Where only futures and derivatives are closed
Four countries appear with a narrow scope rather than a full ban. Australia is restricted for derivatives and for the centralised products OKX calls CeFi — savings, lending and similar things you hold with the exchange. Brazil and South Korea are restricted for derivatives and P2P, the part of the app where you buy or sell USDT directly from another person with a local bank transfer; the United Kingdom is restricted for derivatives, CeFi and P2P. This is the group where the rest of the account may open normally while the futures tab simply is not there.
Two of those cases have a second half. In Australia, a separate company, OKX Australia Financial Pty Ltd, does offer derivatives: ordinary customers can trade perpetuals settled in USDT with leverage capped at 2x — twice your own money, no more — and only after answering a short test about how futures work. In the UK, customers are served by Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd, and OKX's own UK page marks perpetual swaps, futures, spot margin, options, trading bots, P2P and the Liquid Marketplace as unavailable for retail customers. So the same brand gives an Australian reader a low-leverage futures account and a UK reader none at all.
Residents of the EEA are in a third situation. OKX Europe Markets, licensed in Malta, offers X-Perps in all 30 EEA countries: contracts with a five-year expiry that pay funding like a perpetual, up to 10x, after identity checks and a short questionnaire about your trading experience that EU rules require. In the UAE, OKX Middle East Fintech FZE offers futures, options and perpetuals to retail and qualified investors after a suitability test. Different company, different product sheet, different leverage cap — which is why a page about the exchange in general, like our OKX overview, can only describe the global version.
Countries not on the list where futures can still be closed
A country missing from OKX's list never means "legal and available". The list is explicitly not exhaustive, and local rules sit on top of it. Singapore is the clearest example: MAS guidelines in force since June 2025 say a licensed crypto provider must not offer leveraged crypto trades or crypto derivatives to retail customers, OKX's Singapore company does not offer crypto derivatives at all, and its affiliate OKX Financial, which states it is not licensed by MAS, is the one that does. In Kazakhstan, the AFSA names OKX among platforms operating without its licence. Press reports also describe a Thai SEC block of several exchanges including OKX from June 2025, but that one is not confirmed on OKX's own pages.
Do not try to get around a restriction. An address in another country, someone else's documents or any tool that hides where you really are all break the exchange's terms. The usual outcome is not a clever workaround but a frozen account at the moment you try to withdraw, when verification is checked properly. If your country is restricted, read your country page and see what is legally open to you instead.
What "restricted" means for an account you already have
"Restricted" can mean four quite different things for you, so it is worth knowing which one you are in. It can mean the sign-up never completes, because verification rejects your documents or your declared country. It can mean the account exists but certain tabs are missing — futures, bots, P2P — which is how the derivatives-only entries usually feel. It can mean you are moved to a local company with its own terms, its own products and its own leverage cap, as in Australia, the EEA and the UAE. And when an exchange leaves a market entirely, the normal path is a notice period followed by a window where you can close positions and withdraw, but not open anything new.
OKX also keeps a softer category: places where it says it "may restrict services" — retail products in the Bahamas, P2P in Eritrea, CeFi in Singapore. Those are not derivatives bans, but they are a sign that what you see in the app may be narrower than the global marketing pages suggest. The only way to know which tabs you personally get is to finish verification and look; you can open an OKX account and check before any money goes in.
How the other exchanges treat the same countries
If OKX is closed where you live, the next question is usually whether anyone else is open. The table below shows the five venues we track side by side for the countries readers ask about most. Read it row by row for your own country, and remember that a blank or "not named" cell means the exchange's documents do not mention you — not that access is promised.
| Country | Binance | Bybit | OKX | Hyperliquid | Binance Wallet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Restricted | Not on its banned list | Restricted | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Bangladesh | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Canada | Not available | Not available | Not available | Restricted | Not available |
| Egypt | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| France | Not confirmed | Via a local company | Via a local company | Not on its banned list | Not confirmed |
| Germany | Restricted | Via a local company | Via a local company | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Hong Kong | Restricted | Not available | Not available | Not on its banned list | Not confirmed |
| India | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not available | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Indonesia | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Japan | Via a local company | Not available | Not available | Not on its banned list | Not confirmed |
| Kazakhstan | Via a local company | Restricted | Restricted | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Malaysia | Restricted | Restricted | Not available | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Nepal | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not available | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Netherlands | Not available | Via a local company | Via a local company | Not on its banned list | Not available |
| Pakistan | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Singapore | Restricted | Not available | Restricted | Not on its banned list | Not confirmed |
| Sri Lanka | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Thailand | Not on its banned list | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| Turkey | Not on its banned list | Restricted | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
| United Kingdom | Not confirmed | Not available | Restricted | Not on its banned list | Not available |
| United States | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Vietnam | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list | Not on its banned list |
Status for residents, from the exchange’s own documents and the local regulator’s actions. “Not on its banned list” does not mean trading is legal where you live: check the local law above, and the app gives the final answer after KYC.
statuses checked 25 Oct 2026 in the exchanges’ own documents, Binance, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid, Binance Wallet (Aster).
The differences are real and they move. Binance's current prohibited-countries PDF no longer names Syria, although older blog copies still do; Bybit added UK and Japan changes during 2026 that are not on its main restricted page at all. We keep separate pages for Binance's list and Bybit's list, and a general view of which exchanges work where.
How to check your own country in ten minutes
Open OKX's own disclosure
Go to the Risk & Compliance Disclosure and find Section 3. Look at the date at the top: if it is older than the one we quote here (8 July 2026), OKX has not updated it; if it is newer, trust it over this page. An undated copy on someone's blog may be describing last year's rules, so always read the date before the list.
Check whether your entry is full or partial
A plain country name means no service. A country followed by words like "derivatives-related" means only those services are closed, and spot may still work.
Read what your own regulator says
Our country pages summarise the local rule, the date and the source. This matters most when the exchange's list is silent about you.
Finish verification before you deposit
The app makes the final decision during identity checks, based on your documents and declared residence. If your country is not restricted, sign up and see which tabs appear — futures, bots, P2P — before moving any money in.
Keep a note of what you saw
Screenshot the futures tab and your fee page on day one. If something changes later, you will know what you started with.
Is OKX available in India?
No. India is in the fully restricted group of OKX's Risk & Compliance Disclosure as of 25 October 2026, so no account is offered at all — not spot, not futures. Our India page explains what the local rules say and what Indian residents actually use.
Can I trade OKX futures in the UK?
No. The United Kingdom is listed as restricted for derivatives, CeFi and P2P, and OKX's UK page marks perpetual swaps, futures, spot margin, options and trading bots as unavailable for retail customers. UK customers are served by Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd, which does not change that.
Why do some pages say OKX works in Australia and others say it doesn't?
Both are describing something real. The global disclosure restricts Australia for derivatives and CeFi, while a separate licensed company, OKX Australia Financial Pty Ltd, offers derivatives locally: perpetuals settled in USDT with leverage capped at 2x, and only after a short test about how futures work. Our Australia page goes through it.
My country is not on any OKX list. Does that mean futures are available?
It means OKX's documents do not name you, which is not the same as a promise. The lists are explicitly non-exhaustive, your own regulator may have its own rule, and the final answer comes from the app after identity verification.
What happens to my money if OKX restricts my country later?
The usual pattern across exchanges is an announcement, then a period when you can close positions and withdraw but cannot open new trades, then closure of the service. Keep your funds withdrawable, keep your verification current, and read announcement emails rather than deleting them.
Is there any way around an OKX country restriction?
No, and we never suggest looking for one. Signing up from a restricted country, hiding where you are or using someone else's documents breaks the exchange's terms, and the problem usually surfaces at withdrawal time when the account is reviewed. Look at what is legal and available where you live instead.
