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OKCoin Europe Ltd.: ‘No New Business’ Directive

Public Notice by the Malta Financial Services Authority that it has issued a Directive against "virtual financial assets" firm OKCoin Europe Ltd. to "cease the on-boarding of new clients with immediate effect". Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in corporate registries in Malta, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands showed that OKCoin Europe Ltd. was incorporated in Malta on September 7th, 2018, its directors are Hong Fang, described as a citizen of China and the United States residing in Palo Alto, California, and Mingxing Xu, a citizen and resident of China, its previous directors include Veronica Dalli, a.k.a. Veronique Dalli, of Malta, who resigned effective October 21st, 2020, Jovan Gavrilovic, a citizen of Serbia residing in Hong Kong, and Tae Won Tim Byun, a citizen of the United States residing in Palo Alto, who both resigned effective December 23rd, 2019, and its sole shareholder is OKCoin Europe Technology Company Limited, which was formed in Hong Kong on November 14th, 2017, whose sole director is Mingxing Xu, and whose sole shareholder is OKC (HK) Company Limited, which was formed in Hong Kong on March 27th, 2015, whose sole director is Mingxing Xu, and whose sole shareholder is OKC Holdings Corporation, which was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on February 16th, 2015 and whose directors are Hong Fang, Bo Feng, Gang Mai, Yue Tang, and Mingxing Xu. On its website at www.okcoin.com, OKCoin describes itself as "the leading global cryptocurrency exchange".