BloFin Restricted Countries 2026 (Full Official List)
BloFin’s Terms of Use, dated 3 July 2026, name 43 Restricted Locations in clause 6.1: the United States, Canada, China, India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, plus Belarus, four occupied regions of Ukraine and 33 sanctioned or high-risk jurisdictions. The test is residence or domicile, not your IP address. The UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands are not on it.
The full BloFin restricted-countries list (2026)
Clause 6.1 of BloFin’s Terms of Use, dated 3 July 2026, defines 43 “Restricted Locations”. Six of them are ordinary regulated markets where BloFin holds no local authorisation — the United States, Canada, China, India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The other 37 are sanctioned, conflict-affected or high-risk AML jurisdictions, including four occupied regions of Ukraine. BloFin publishes no reason per country, so the category column is our own classification, not BloFin’s.
| Location | BloFin status | Category (our read) |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | ✗ Restricted | Licensing — no local authorisation |
| Canada | ✗ Restricted | Licensing — no local authorisation |
| People’s Republic of China | ✗ Restricted | Licensing — no local authorisation |
| India | ✗ Restricted | Licensing — no local authorisation |
| Singapore listed as “the Republic of Singapore” | ✗ Restricted | Licensing — no local authorisation |
| United Arab Emirates BloFin states it is not regulated by Dubai’s VARA | ✗ Restricted | Licensing — no local authorisation |
| Belarus | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Cuba | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| North Korea listed as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Iran | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Iraq | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Lebanon | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Libya | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Myanmar | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Afghanistan | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Yemen | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Nicaragua | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Haiti | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Marshall Islands written “the Marshall Island” | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Serbia written “Servia” in the Terms | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Angola | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Burundi | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Cameroon | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Central African Republic | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Côte d’Ivoire | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Eritrea | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Ethiopia | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Guinea | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Guinea-Bissau | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Liberia | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Mali | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Rwanda | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Sierra Leone | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Somalia | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| South Sudan | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Sudan | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Zimbabwe | ✗ Restricted | Sanctions or high-risk AML (our read) |
| Crimea also covered by the “Russian-controlled regions” entry | ✗ Restricted | Occupied region — sanctions |
| Sevastopol | ✗ Restricted | Occupied region — sanctions |
| Donetsk | ✗ Restricted | Occupied region — sanctions |
| Luhansk | ✗ Restricted | Occupied region — sanctions |
Residence or domicile — the wording that catches people who move
BloFin does not block you by IP address alone. Clause 6.1 states that the platform “may not be accessed or used by individuals and/or legal entities that is resident of, or domiciled in a Restricted Location”. Residence is where you live now; domicile is the permanent home a legal system attributes to you, and it does not change simply because you rent a flat somewhere else. That is a wider test than the “resident of or registered in” wording KuCoin uses in Article 17 of its user agreement.
What BloFin does not publish is a citizenship rule: the words citizen, national and passport appear nowhere in the Terms. What is documented is that verification asks you to select the issuing country of your document before you upload it, so a passport or ID issued by a Restricted Location is visible to BloFin’s checks at Lv 1. ⚠ Not published — verify what BloFin does in that case before you fund an account.
Why the United Arab Emirates is on the list
Because BloFin says so in writing, and it is the one entry where the Terms give the reason. Clause 7 states: “BloFin is not regulated by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and is therefore not able to provide services to Dubai/UAE residents.” That is a licensing gap, not a sanctions call — crypto trading is legal in the UAE through VARA-licensed platforms, and residents there need one of those instead.
Which big markets BloFin does not restrict
The United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil, Nigeria and Australia are all absent from clause 6.1. The UK is the clearest case: BloFin publishes the FCA-mandated risk warning for UK users, which states that the Financial Ombudsman Service will not consider complaints about the firm and that the FSCS does not protect the investment.
No-KYC access is BloFin’s real hook — and it has a ceiling
An account opens on an email address or phone number alone, and it starts at Basic (Lv 0) with no documents at all. BloFin’s identity-verification article sets out exactly what each level buys, and the futures product is not throttled at any level — only the withdrawal ceiling moves.
| KYC level | 24h withdrawal limit | Futures trading | Max leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic (Lv 0) default on registration, no documents | 20,000 USDT | No limit | No limit |
| Personal information (Lv 1) ID, passport, permit or licence + selfie | 1,000,000 USDT | No limit | No limit |
| Address proof (Lv 2) | 2,000,000 USDT | No limit | No limit |
The same 20,000 USDT figure appears on BloFin’s withdrawal-limits page: “Basic KYC has a 20,000 USDT 24-hour cumulative limit.” For leverage, BloFin’s public market API listed 485 live perpetual contracts on 21 August 2026: BTC-USDT and ETH-USDT are the only two at 150x, four more run at 125x, and the rest sit at 100x or below. Base futures fees are 0.02% maker and 0.06% taker.
If BloFin blocks your country, who accepts you?
It depends where you are, and for several of the 43 the honest answer is “no offshore exchange, and we are not going to pretend otherwise”. Match your country to the row below instead of assuming a global platform will onboard you.
- United States: Bybit, MEXC, Bitget and KuCoin all block US users too. Use a US-regulated venue — see US alternatives.
- Canada: Bybit, MEXC and Bitget block Canada entirely; KuCoin names only Ontario and British Columbia. See Canada alternatives.
- India: Bybit and MEXC onboard Indian users, while Bitget paused new sign-ups in February 2026 — see Bybit in India.
- Singapore, China, Hong Kong: Bybit, Bitget, MEXC and KuCoin restrict these markets as well, so a locally licensed platform is normally the only compliant route.
- United Arab Emirates: look for a VARA-licensed exchange. ⚠ Verify the licence on the regulator’s own register, not on the exchange’s marketing page.
- Sanctioned jurisdictions: there is no compliant alternative, and we do not suggest one.
BloFin against the other offshore exchanges, market by market
All four block the United States. After that the maps diverge: BloFin is the only one of the four that blocks India and the UAE, while it is the only one that does not require identity documents to trade.
| Market | BloFin | Bybit | MEXC | KuCoin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Canada | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ⚠ Ontario, BC only |
| India | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| United Kingdom | ✓ Yes | ⚠ Limited | ✗ No | ⚠ Verify |
| Germany | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ⚠ Uncertain | ⚠ Verify |
| France | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ⚠ Uncertain | ✗ No |
| Netherlands | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ⚠ Uncertain | ✗ No |
| Singapore | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| United Arab Emirates | ✗ No | ⚠ Verify | ⚠ Verify | ⚠ Verify |
| KYC to trade | Optional at Lv 0 | Mandatory | Reduced⚠ tightening | Mandatory |
Sources for the other columns are our own tracked lists: Bybit, Bitget, MEXC and KuCoin restricted countries.
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Frequently asked questions
How many countries does BloFin restrict in 2026?
BloFin’s Terms of Use, dated 3 July 2026, define 43 Restricted Locations in clause 6.1. Six are regulated markets where BloFin holds no licence — the United States, Canada, China, India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates — and the other 37 are sanctioned, conflict-affected or high-risk AML jurisdictions, including Belarus, Iran, Cuba, North Korea and four occupied regions of Ukraine.
Is BloFin available in the United States or Canada?
No. Both the United States of America and Canada are named as Restricted Locations in clause 6.1, and the block covers residence as well as domicile. Bybit, Bitget and MEXC also refuse both countries, and KuCoin restricts Ontario and British Columbia, so a locally regulated exchange is the realistic route in North America.
Does BloFin block users by citizenship or by residence?
By residence and domicile. Clause 6.1 says the platform may not be used by anyone “resident of, or domiciled in” a Restricted Location, and the words citizen, national and passport do not appear anywhere in the Terms. Verification does ask for the issuing country of your document at Lv 1, so a document from a listed country is visible to BloFin, but what happens next is not published.
Can I use BloFin without completing KYC?
Yes, within a limit. Accounts open on an email address or phone number and start at Basic (Lv 0), which BloFin caps at a 20,000 USDT cumulative withdrawal per 24 hours with no restriction on futures trading or leverage. Personal information verification raises that ceiling to 1,000,000 USDT and address proof to 2,000,000 USDT.
Is BloFin available in the UK, Germany or the Netherlands?
None of the three is named in clause 6.1, and BloFin publishes the FCA-mandated risk warning for UK users. That is not the same as a licence: the Terms name no UK or EU authorisation and send every dispute to arbitration in Hong Kong under HKIAC rules. EU residents who want a MiCA-authorised venue should compare a licensed EU entity instead.
What happens if I sign up from a restricted country using a VPN?
You break the Terms you just accepted, and BloFin keeps the remedy. Clause 8 lets it suspend an account at any time, “including taking actions such as freezing or locking your funds”, when it suspects a breach at its sole discretion. In practice the problem appears at withdrawal or verification, once the money is already on the platform.
How much leverage does BloFin actually offer?
Up to 150x, but on two pairs only. BloFin’s public market API listed 485 live perpetual contracts on 21 August 2026: BTC-USDT and ETH-USDT run at 150x, four pairs including SOL-USDT and XRP-USDT run at 125x, and everything else is 100x or lower. Base futures fees are 0.02% maker and 0.06% taker.