Overview
- The Monetary Authority of Singapore placed Bybit Fintech Limited and the Bybit platform on its Investor Alert List on June 17, 2026, flagging the exchange’s unlicensed status for Singapore users.
- MAS’s Investor Alert List is a public warning that an entity may be wrongly perceived as MAS‑licensed and does not itself impose a ban, criminal charge, or enforcement action.
- Bybit continues to run global services with no reported trading disruptions while it already blocks Singapore IP addresses as part of its compliance measures and had not issued a public response as of the listing.
- Singapore users who rely on unlicensed offshore platforms will not have MAS protections for dispute resolution or fund safety and the regulator directs people to verify firms via its Financial Institutions Directory before trading.
- The listing follows similar MAS warnings for Binance and KuCoin and comes after Bybit was removed from Malaysia’s alert list in April 2026, a pattern that could push exchanges to seek local licensing or tighten access controls.