OKX, part of the OK Group, is one of the most prominent crypto trading exchanges operated by Seychelles-based Aux Cayer FinTech Co. Ltd and Malta-based OKEX Malta Ltd. The Chinese Xu Mingxing founded the OK Group, which also owns the crypto exchange Okcoin, in 2017. The Spanish regulator CNMV has issued a warning against OKX, stating that the Group has no authorization to offer its regulated services in Spain. Most recently, the UK FCA has made several critical statements about the world's largest crypto exchange Binance.
The last days of 2020 saw the U.S. SEC complaint against Ripple Labs Inc. alleging that its XRP is actually a security. A regulatory attack on the entire crypto scene, some analysts argue. Once the 3rd-largest crypto, XRP's market cap plummeted from more than $26 billion to less than $10 billion. Some crypto exchanges such as Coinbase, OKCoin, or Crypto.com have suspended trading in XRP. Is it the end of days for XRP and the crypto bull-run?