OKX to delist slew of altcoins, including privacy coins Monero, Zcash and Dash
Quick Take
- OKX crypto exchange will delist 20 spot trading pairs in the first week of January.
OKX announced Friday that it is delisting 20 trading pairs by Jan. 5 — including major privacy coins Monero 
XMR
-0.93%
, Dash 
DASH
-3.63%
and Zcash 
ZEC
-0.52%
. The cryptocurrency exchange explained that the pairs did not meet its listing criteria and did not provide further details.
The first group of pairs to be pulled from the platform on Jan. 4 are 
KSM
-1.032%
-USDC, FLOW-USDC, JST-USDC, KNC-USDC, ANT-USDC, FSN-USDT, ZKS-USDT, CAPO-USDT, CVP-USDT. On Jan. 5, XMR-BTC, XMR-ETH, XMR-USDT, XMR-USDC, DASH-BTC, DASH-USDT, ZEC-BTC, ZEC-USDT, ZEC-USDC, ZEN-BTC, and ZEN-USDT will be delisted.
On Dec. 27, the platform halted user deposits of tokens FSN, ZKS, CAPO, CVP, XMR, DASH, ZEC, and ZEN. Withdrawal of these tokens will be suspended from March 5.
The Block's Data Dashboard reveals that OKX recorded $60.27 billion in spot trade volumes last month — over 7.2% of the total market volume.
OKX did not immediately respond to a request for further comment from The Block.
Updated headline to clarify that not every coin/token being delisted is privacy-focused. The rest of the article remains unchanged.
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