{
  "title": "Monero (XMR) and privacy coin delisting tracker",
  "description": "Every major Monero/privacy coin delisting event we could pin to a date and a source, newest first, plus where XMR still trades. Maintained alongside the human-readable tracker page.",
  "publisher": "CoinVast Research",
  "canonicalPage": "https://coinvast.io/articles/monero-delisting-tracker",
  "dataUrl": "https://coinvast.io/data/delistings.json",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "CoinVast Research — https://coinvast.io/articles/monero-delisting-tracker",
  "contact": "info@coinvast.io",
  "lastFullCheck": "2026-08-11",
  "updatePolicy": "Updated when a venue changes status; full re-check at least quarterly. Every row carries its own source note.",
  "methodologyNote": "Rows only enter this log when we can pin a date and a source. Venues we could not verify are left out rather than guessed. The ByteTree aggregate below is a sector estimate, not an audited registry.",
  "aggregates": [
    {
      "metric": "Exchanges having delisted at least one privacy coin by late 2025",
      "value": 73,
      "source": "ByteTree, May 2026 privacy sector analysis",
      "note": "Sector estimate; no public master list exists behind this number."
    }
  ],
  "upcoming": [
    {
      "date": "2027-07-10",
      "jurisdiction": "European Union",
      "what": "AMLR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1624) applies. Article 79 prohibits credit institutions, financial institutions and CASPs from keeping anonymous accounts and from servicing anonymity-enhancing coins.",
      "whatItDoesNotDo": "Does not ban personal ownership, self custody, or peer to peer transfers.",
      "expectedEffect": "EU-regulated venues still carrying privacy assets are expected to delist well before the deadline.",
      "source": "EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, read July 2026"
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-03-10",
      "venue": "India (Financial Intelligence Unit)",
      "scope": "clarification",
      "assets": [
        "XMR",
        "ZEC",
        "DASH"
      ],
      "action": "The FIU clarified it had issued no formal delisting order; the January takedowns flowed from AML guideline interpretation. Coins stayed delisted on registered venues anyway.",
      "statedReason": "Clarification of the January 2026 directive's legal basis",
      "source": "FIU statements as reported in Indian financial press, read July 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-25",
      "venue": "India (FIU-registered exchanges)",
      "scope": "country",
      "assets": [
        "XMR",
        "ZEC",
        "DASH"
      ],
      "action": "FIU directed registered exchanges to halt privacy coin trading, deposits and withdrawals; exchanges complied. Bybit was fined 9.27 crore rupees in the same sweep.",
      "statedReason": "AML compliance",
      "source": "FIU direction as reported in Indian financial press, read July 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-05",
      "venue": "LocalMonero",
      "scope": "service shutdown",
      "assets": [
        "XMR"
      ],
      "action": "The largest XMR peer to peer marketplace shut down entirely.",
      "statedReason": "No single stated reason; the climate around privacy coins is the obvious backdrop.",
      "source": "LocalMonero shutdown notice, 2024"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024",
      "venue": "Kraken",
      "scope": "regional (EEA + UK)",
      "assets": [
        "XMR"
      ],
      "action": "Removed XMR for EEA and UK users.",
      "statedReason": "Local regulatory requirements",
      "source": "Kraken support announcements, 2024"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-02",
      "venue": "Binance",
      "scope": "global",
      "assets": [
        "XMR"
      ],
      "action": "Delisted XMR globally.",
      "statedReason": "Routine listing review; travel rule compliance is widely read as the real driver.",
      "source": "Binance delisting announcement, February 2024"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024",
      "venue": "OKX",
      "scope": "global",
      "assets": [
        "XMR",
        "ZEC",
        "DASH"
      ],
      "action": "Removed privacy pairs in early 2024.",
      "statedReason": "Listing criteria and user feedback, per the announcement",
      "source": "OKX announcement, early 2024"
    },
    {
      "date": "2022",
      "venue": "Huobi",
      "scope": "global",
      "assets": [
        "XMR",
        "privacy coins"
      ],
      "action": "Dropped privacy coins including XMR.",
      "statedReason": "Compliance with financial regulations",
      "source": "Huobi announcement, 2022"
    },
    {
      "date": "2021",
      "venue": "Bittrex",
      "scope": "global",
      "assets": [
        "XMR",
        "ZEC",
        "DASH"
      ],
      "action": "Removed XMR, ZEC and DASH.",
      "statedReason": "Regulatory pressure; the notice gave little detail",
      "source": "Bittrex announcement, 2021"
    },
    {
      "date": "2021",
      "venue": "South Korea (all licensed exchanges)",
      "scope": "country",
      "assets": [
        "privacy coins"
      ],
      "action": "Privacy coins removed across licensed venues.",
      "statedReason": "Travel rule pressure under Korean AML law",
      "source": "Korean regulatory coverage, 2021"
    },
    {
      "date": "2018",
      "venue": "Japan (FSA-licensed exchanges)",
      "scope": "country",
      "assets": [
        "privacy coins"
      ],
      "action": "Privacy coins pushed off licensed exchanges.",
      "statedReason": "FSA pressure following a regulatory review",
      "source": "FSA-era coverage, 2018"
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Coinbase does not appear in the log because Coinbase has never listed XMR; there is nothing to delist."
  ],
  "whereXmrStillTrades": {
    "asOf": "2026-07-16",
    "categories": [
      {
        "category": "Instant swap services",
        "examples": [
          "CoinVast (native XMR on a self hosted node); several others exist"
        ],
        "accountNeeded": false,
        "caveat": "You pay a spread on the quote; some services can hold funds for extra checks after you deposit."
      },
      {
        "category": "DEX and atomic swap venues",
        "examples": [
          "Haveno",
          "BasicSwap"
        ],
        "accountNeeded": false,
        "caveat": "Thin liquidity and a genuine learning curve."
      },
      {
        "category": "Peer to peer remnants",
        "examples": [
          "Smaller P2P boards and communities that outlived LocalMonero"
        ],
        "accountNeeded": "varies",
        "caveat": "Counterparty risk is yours; escrow quality varies widely."
      },
      {
        "category": "Some non-EU centralized exchanges",
        "examples": [
          "Varies by region; deliberately unnamed because this category changes fastest"
        ],
        "accountNeeded": "yes, usually full KYC",
        "caveat": "Listings change with little notice; check the venue directly before relying on it."
      }
    ]
  },
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-07-16",
      "change": "Machine-readable dataset published at /data/delistings.json; full re-check of all rows against sources."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-14",
      "change": "Tracker first published with the full delisting log (Japan 2018 through India January/March 2026)."
    }
  ]
}