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OKX: its public record
OKX’s public record: a MiCA authorisation, no New York licence, a Dubai licence, 1 hack ($5.6m) and 1 US enforcement document naming it.
OKX holds a MiCA authorisation in the EU through Malta, first granted on 27 January 2025. It isn’t on New York’s list of virtual currency licensees. In Dubai, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority lists OKX Middle East Fintech FZE as licensed, from 17 September 2024. The hacks ledger records 1 hack of the company itself with a known loss, $5.6m in all, on 18 August 2020. 1 US enforcement document names it in the title, the latest from the DOJ on 24 February 2025 (“OKX pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and was sentenced to forfeit $420.3 million and pay a criminal fine of about $84 million”).
Licences
| Firm | Country | Regulator | From | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKX Europe Limited trading as OKX | Malta | Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) | 27 Jan 2025 | Authorised |
Dubai: OKX Middle East Fintech FZE, VASP Licence VL/23/12/003, from 17 Sept 2024 (Lending and Borrowing Services; Management and Investment Services; Exchange Services (including VA Derivatives Trading); Broker-Dealer Services). Source: VARA public register · every Dubai licence.
Hacks of the company itself
| Date | Target | Lost | Type | Method | Returned or repaid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2020 | OKEx | $5.6m | CEX | Forged Proof | — |
From the hacks ledger, which follows DefiLlama’s records of incidents with a known loss. Hacks of a brand’s separate DeFi products, takeovers of its social media accounts and abnormal-trading incidents classed as market manipulation aren’t counted here.
US enforcement documents naming it
| Date | Agency | Step | What the document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 2025 | DOJ | Sentence | OKX pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and was sentenced to forfeit $420.3 million and pay a criminal fine of about $84 million. |
Documents that name OKX in the title. Charges are allegations unless a plea, conviction or settlement is stated, and a later document can change the outcome. See every document in the company check.
What this record can’t tell you
This is the public record, not a safety rating or advice. It can’t show how a company holds customers’ money today, whether it is solvent, how it treats complaints, or cases outside the US. The enforcement ledger is complete from January 2024 and holds only some earlier documents. Matching is by name, so a firm with another name can be missed, and a record can lag the latest events. Every figure comes from the ledgers, each with its source: all 27 exchanges and apps compared.
Cite this Bitminer.io, “OKX: its public record”, data to 6 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/exchange/okx/. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit and a link. How this is built · Frozen copy of November 2026’s data