Reliability Score · methodology v1.0 · updated 2026-10-04
OKX: 84/100
Score over time
Held at 84 since 2026-06-23 — 324 daily readings, no change.
Score breakdown
Withdrawal reliability weight 25%
100
Why 100
No recorded withdrawal halts or freezes within the 24-month decay window.
Proof of reserves weight 20%
90
Why 90 · 2 sources
Monthly Merkle-tree PoR with published on-chain wallets, Hacken engaged for verification, open-source tooling.
Regulatory standing weight 20%
70
Why 70 · 2 sources
MiCAR CASP licence (Malta MFSA, announced 2025-01-27, among the first) plus MiFID II (2025) and a Malta payment licence (2026). Resolved actions: US DOJ guilty plea with >$504M forfeiture+fine (Feb 2025, unlicensed money transmission); Malta FIAU fine ~EUR 1.05M for historic AML failings (Apr 2025, remediation noted by the regulator).
Security history weight 15%
100
Support quality weight 10%
40
Operational maturity weight 10%
78
Why 78 · 1 source
Roots in OKCoin (2013), OKEx launched 2017; top-5 global spot volume; US relaunch with San Jose HQ (Apr 2025); no platform outages found in the last 24 months.
Incident timeline · facts with dates
2025-04-03
Regulatory · sev 3
What happened · sourced
Malta FIAU fine of ~EUR 1.05M on the European subsidiary for historic AML failings found in a 2023 examination (2025-04-03); the regulator noted subsequent remediation.
source2025-02-24
Regulatory · sev 4
What happened · sourced
US DOJ: guilty plea to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business; >$504M in forfeiture and fines (2025-02-24); compliance consultant retained through Feb 2027.
source2024-06-15
Security · sev 1
What happened · sourced
June 2024: a small number of individual accounts were drained via identity-theft/SIM-based attacks creating new API keys; OKX compensated affected users. No platform-level compromise.
source
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