[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":108},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/bybit-removed-investor-alert-list-2026":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorPic":7,"body":8,"category":97,"coverPics":18,"date":98,"description":99,"extension":100,"meta":101,"navigation":102,"path":103,"seo":104,"stem":105,"type":106,"__hash__":107},"blogs/blog/bybit-removed-investor-alert-list-2026.md","Off the list: Bybit exits the SC's Investor Alert List after five years","Malaysia Blockchain Association Team","https://api.dicebear.com/7.x/avataaars/svg?seed=mba-team-3",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":88},"minimark",[11,19,22,34,39,42,49,53,56,61],[12,13,14],"p",{},[15,16],"img",{"alt":17,"src":18},"Perimeter watch","/img/blog/gen/bybit-removed-investor-alert-list-2026.svg",[12,20,21],{},"Malaysia's enforcement playbook has always had an implicit final chapter. Bybit just became the first offshore giant to reach it.",[12,23,24,25,29,30,33],{},"The Securities Commission has removed ",[26,27,28],"strong",{},"Bybit and CEO Ben Zhou"," from its ",[26,31,32],{},"Investor Alert List",", where both had sat since July 2021 for serving Malaysians without registration. Zhou announced the removal, crediting \"proactive and constructive\" engagement with the regulator.",[35,36,38],"h2",{"id":37},"how-it-happened","How it happened",[12,40,41],{},"The path ran through compliance, not courtrooms. After the SC's December 2024 enforcement directives, Bybit disabled its website and apps for Malaysian users, ceased local advertising and shut its Malaysia-focused Telegram group — fully, and verifiably. Regulatory engagement did the rest.",[12,43,44,45,48],{},"Zhou paired the announcement with news that Bybit has ",[26,46,47],{},"led a funding round into Hata",", the dual-licensed Malaysian DAX and digital broker — the same licensed-partner route Binance took via MX Global in 2022. He acknowledged that any direct return would still require registration as a Recognised Market Operator.",[35,50,52],{"id":51},"the-precedent","The precedent",[12,54,55],{},"Alert list → enforcement → remediation → removal → licensed-partner investment. For every offshore platform watching, the SC has now demonstrated the full arc: the perimeter is enforced, and the way back in is through it, not around it.",[57,58,60],"h3",{"id":59},"references","References",[62,63,64,74,81],"ul",{},[65,66,67],"li",{},[68,69,73],"a",{"href":70,"rel":71},"https://www.banklesstimes.com/articles/2026/04/30/bybit-ceo-says-malaysia-watchlist-tag-removed-following-regulator-engagement/",[72],"nofollow","BanklessTimes — \"Bybit CEO says Malaysia watchlist tag removed following regulator engagement\" (30 Apr 2026)",[65,75,76],{},[68,77,80],{"href":78,"rel":79},"https://x.com/benbybit/status/2049694784579907721",[72],"Ben Zhou — announcement on X (Apr 2026)",[65,82,83],{},[68,84,87],{"href":85,"rel":86},"https://coinpedia.org/crypto-live-news/bybit-removed-from-malaysia-watchlist-after-regulator-talks/amp/",[72],"Coinpedia — removal coverage (Apr 2026)",{"title":89,"searchDepth":90,"depth":90,"links":91},"",2,[92,93],{"id":37,"depth":90,"text":38},{"id":51,"depth":90,"text":52,"children":94},[95],{"id":59,"depth":96,"text":60},3,"News","2026-04-30","After complying with the SC's December 2024 orders and engaging the regulator, Bybit and CEO Ben Zhou are removed from the Investor Alert List — a rare remediation story, sealed with an investment in licensed local exchange Hata.","md",{},true,"/blog/bybit-removed-investor-alert-list-2026",{"title":5,"description":99},"blog/bybit-removed-investor-alert-list-2026","blog","TX7LFoJcj-aSDSiw3fdGUAOjaxox7skXfZf8ujW2Eoo",1784183599383]