OKX app returns to South Korea’s Google Play Store after four day suspension

OKX has returned to South Korea’s Google Play Store after a four-day suspension, while Bybit’s app remains unavailable in the country. Summary OKX’s Android app has returned to South Korea’s Google Play Store after about four days, allowing new downloads and updates again. Bybit remains unavailable on the Korean Google Play Store after its app was blocked earlier this month. Digital Asset previously found that 29 overseas crypto exchange apps had been restricted on Google Play under Google’s policy for unregistered VASPs. According to a July 28 report by Digital Asset, the OKX: Trade Bitcoin & Crypto app once again appears in search results on South Korea’s Google Play Store, allowing users to install the application or update existing versions after it disappeared from the platform on July 24. The publication verified that the exchange’s Android app had resumed normal distribution as of 8:00 a.m. local time on July 28. The restoration comes roughly four days after South Korean users lost access to new downloads and updates through Google Play. Bybit, however, remains in a different position. Digital Asset said the exchange’s app, which became unavailable on July 10, was still ...