Crypto exchange OKX is temporarily halting its decentralized finance (DeFi) service in response to media attacks on its credibility and regulatory concerns from the EU.
The company stated that it had exposed a coordinated attempt by the Lazarus organization to abuse its DeFi services and noticed an increase in competitive attacks.
EU regulators are investigating OKX over allegations of money laundering linked to the Bybit hack, potentially resulting in the revocation of its MiCA license.
OKX is strengthening security measures to prevent further misuse of its DEX aggregator and is working to enhance labeling accuracy and implement a hacker address detection system.