India Widens Curbs on Offshore Crypto Exchanges Like Binance (1)

India stepped up its crackdown on offshore crypto exchanges operating without local registrations, asking Apple Inc. to take the apps of platforms including Binance off its App Store in the country.

Bitfinex, HTX and Kucoin are among eight exchanges whose apps are no longer available on the App Store in India. They were removed on directions from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because the request isn’t public.

The move marks a significant escalation of India’s clampdown on offshore crypto platforms like Binance, which started ...