How CheckJu checks exchanges by country
CheckJu answers one question for people about to open their first exchange account: can I use this exchange where I live? We show only what we can trace to a source, and every item carries the date we checked it.
What we check, and how often
- Whether an exchange accepts users from a country. We read the exchange's own terms (its list of restricted locations) and look for a sign-up page or official page that serves that country. Re-checked at least every 90 days.
- Local regulator records. Licences, registrations, provisional permits, alert lists and block orders published by regulators. Registers we can read automatically (UAE VARA, Securities Commission Malaysia) are compared daily; changes are confirmed by hand before they appear.
- Official apps. Whether each exchange's official iOS app is listed in each App Store, checked daily through Apple's public lookup service. An app is marked “not found” only after two days in a row.
- P2P activity. Active peer-to-peer ads in the local currency, from our sister site otcju.com, refreshed every 10 minutes.
When an item is past its check date we mark it “may be outdated” and stop showing sign-up buttons for it. If it is far past, the page stops showing it as a result at all.
How tables are ordered
By data only: first whether the exchange accepts sign-ups from the country, then local regulator records, then local P2P activity (20 or more ads count as one level), then the number of App Store ratings in that country. What we are paid does not change the order.
What we do not do
- We do not say whether something is legal for you. We report what regulators and exchanges have published.
- We do not call apps or companies scams. We report which apps are published by the exchange and which are not.
- We do not give investment advice.
How we are paid
Some sign-up buttons are referral links. If you sign up through one, the exchange may pay us a commission from its trading fees. It does not change what you pay. We do not show sign-up buttons where the exchange does not accept users, or where our check is out of date.
Data sources and permissions
| Data | Source | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Apple App Store listings | Apple Search API (lookup) | Displayed next to App Store links, cached daily |
| Regulator registers and alert lists | VARA (UAE), Securities Commission Malaysia, SPK (Türkiye), CNV (Argentina) | Public records; we show names, categories and dates only |
| Exchange system status | Binance and OKX public status endpoints | Shown as normal / maintenance only |
| P2P activity | otcju.com (our own data) | Ad counts and payment methods only |
Reusing our data
You may quote our country-by-country conclusions and check dates with a link to the page. This does not cover App Store, regulator or exchange material, which belongs to its owners.
Page reviewed 6 Nov 2026.