KuCoin announced mandatory verification for new accounts from 15 July 2023 and dates its enhanced document and face checks to 31 August 2023 on the current verification page, and the process asks forKuCoin announced mandatory verification for new accounts from 15 July 2023 and dates its enhanced document and face checks to 31 August 2023 on the current verification page, and the process asks for
KuCoin KYC Requirements 2026: What Can You Still Do Unverified, and Where Can You Not Verify at All?
KuCoin announced mandatory verification for new accounts from 15 July 2023 and dates its enhanced document and face checks to 31 August 2023 on the current verification page, and the process asks for your document's issuing country, an ID type, front and back photos, and a face check.
Accounts registered before that date that never verified keep only selling, position closing, redemption and withdrawal rights.
Key Takeaways
- Verification has been mandatory for new KuCoin accounts since 2023, announced for 15 July and dated 31 August on the current page.
- A fresh unverified account cannot deposit crypto, place a spot buy order, open a futures position or create an API key.
- Legacy accounts that never verified keep withdrawal access but lose deposits, new positions and Earn subscriptions.
- Accepted documents are an ID card, passport, driver's licence or residence permit, and one person can verify only one KuCoin account.
- KuCoin publishes no unverified withdrawal figure and states the ceiling is whatever your withdrawal screen shows.
- In 2026 the binding constraint is jurisdiction, with US access barred by court order and the EU entity not yet permitted to operate.
Why "can I use KuCoin without KYC" is the wrong question now
Most guides answer this question as though it were still 2022, when an email address bought you a working account and verification only raised your limits.
That era ended on 31 August 2023.
From that date, KuCoin's own verification page states that new users must complete identity verification in order to use the platform's products and services.
The practical result is that an unverified account opened today is not a lower-limit account, it is a one-way account: you can sell what is already inside it and take funds out, but you cannot fund it or open anything new.
The second thing most guides skip is more consequential.
Three regulatory decisions in 2026 mean that for many readers the verification question never arises, because the platform is not available to them at any verification level.
What follows is read from KuCoin's identity verification guide, last updated on 14 August 2026, its VIP Levels and Fees page, and the published decisions of three regulators.
Does KuCoin Require KYC? Yes, Since 2023
Yes, and the dates matter more than the answer.
KuCoin has asked for identity verification since 1 November 2018, when it operated as a tiered system that set your withdrawal ceiling.
Enhanced procedures took effect on 31 August 2023 at 00:00 UTC, adding mandatory document submission and face verification.
KuCoin's June 2023 announcement set 15 July 2023 as the start date for new users, while its current verification page dates the enhanced procedures to 31 August 2023 at 00:00 UTC.
Two groups came out of that change in different positions.
New users from that point must complete verification before using KuCoin's products and services.
Users who registered before that date and had not completed standard verification retained a narrow set of functions: selling cryptocurrencies, closing futures contracts, closing margin positions, redeeming from KuCoin Earn and redeeming ETFs, with deposit services unavailable and withdrawal services unaffected.
What documents KuCoin accepts, and how the review runs
Individual verification runs in five steps on both web and app: select the issuing country or region, select the ID type, provide document photos, complete face verification, then wait for the result.
KuCoin's guide lists an ID card, driver's licence, passport or residence permit as the accepted document types.
Photos must be JPG or PNG, and the recommended file size is under 50 MB.
One person can verify only one KuCoin account, which is the rule that catches people who open a second account and reuse the same document.
After the document and face steps, a confirmation prompt shows your first name, last name and ID number before the system submits the application, and the result arrives by email.
Institutional verification runs separately: you switch to institutional verification and submit through KuCoin's designated institutional verification email address rather than the standard flow.
What an unverified KuCoin account can and cannot do
This is the table the search results are missing, and it comes straight from KuCoin's own function matrix.
Account function | Unverified | Verified individual |
Crypto deposit | Not available | Available |
Fiat deposit | Not available | Available |
Buy crypto with card or fiat balance | Not available | Available |
P2P purchase | Not available | Available |
Spot trading | Sell orders only | Available |
Futures trading | Reduce or close only | Available, maximum 125x leverage |
Margin trading | Sell and repay only, borrowing disabled | Available |
Trading bot | Existing strategies run, new ones fail | Available |
Convert and Pre-Market trading | Not available | Available |
KuCoin Earn | Redemption only | Available |
Crypto withdrawal | Limit shown on your withdrawal page | Limit set by VIP tier |
Fiat withdrawal | Not available | Available |
API key creation | Not available | Available |
Sub-account trading | Not available | Available |
Data verified as of 10 September 2026 against each platform's official help center and verification guide.
Read the withdrawal row carefully, because it is where every published number goes wrong.
KuCoin does not publish a fixed 24 hour figure for unverified accounts, and states instead that the limit is determined by the limit shown on your withdrawal page.
Any article quoting a precise unverified ceiling is quoting an inference, not a KuCoin disclosure, and several circulating figures trace back to announcements from 2018 and 2021.
What verification actually unlocks
For verified individual accounts, the 24 hour crypto withdrawal ceiling is not a single number either: it sits on the VIP ladder.
VIP level | 24 hour withdrawal limit |
VIP 0 | 1,000,000 USDT |
VIP 1 and VIP 2 | 3,000,000 USDT |
VIP 5 and VIP 6 | 10,000,000 USDT |
VIP 9 | 30,000,000 USDT |
VIP 12 | 60,000,000 USDT |
Data verified as of 10 September 2026 against each platform's official help center and verification guide.
Fiat rails carry their own separate ceilings.
KuCoin sets the daily fiat deposit and fiat withdrawal limit at 150,000 USDT for individual users and 500,000 USDT for institutional users, with buying or selling crypto against a fiat balance capped at 50,000 USDT for individuals.
Those limits are calculated in USDT equivalent so they can be managed across currencies.
If fiat access is the reason you are verifying at all, our comparison of P2P marketplaces ranked by escrow disputes and real fees covers the route most people use once verification clears.
Where verification is not the deciding factor
Three published decisions in 2026 changed who can use KuCoin at all, and none of them are about your documents.
In the United States, a federal court in the Southern District of New York entered a consent order announced by the CFTC on 30 March 2026 that permanently bars KuCoin's operator from allowing US participants onto the platform unless it registers as a foreign board of trade, with a 500,000 USD civil penalty attached.
That order followed a guilty plea in January 2025 to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, penalties above 297 million USD, and a commitment to leave the US market for at least two years.
US residents are not eligible to hold the account, so the verification question does not arise, and the right move is a platform licensed in the United States.
In the European Economic Area, Austria's Financial Market Authority authorised KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH as a crypto-asset service provider on 27 November 2025, then ordered a prohibition on new business in February 2026 after the anti-money-laundering and sanctions officer roles fell vacant.
The FMA lifted the new-business ban on 18 May 2026 while stating that the commencement of business operations remains inadmissible until outstanding governance and senior-management conditions are met.
In Dubai, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority publicly stated in March 2026 that KuCoin was operating without the required approvals and advised residents against dealing with it, as reported by CoinDesk.
We should be equally clear about our own footprint.
MEXC appears on ESMA's register of non-compliant entities following the Dutch AFM decision, and MEXC is winding down service in the Netherlands with an offboarding deadline of 31 October and final offboarding on 16 November 2026.
Readers in the EEA, the UK or the United States should treat this page as information and check local authorisation before funding anything anywhere.
Country lists for KuCoin published by third-party sites disagree with each other, so the only reliable checks are KuCoin's own terms and whether the verification screen accepts your document's issuing country.
For a regional view of which venues hold local authorisation, our guide to exchanges named by regulators in Southeast Asia works through one region in detail.
KuCoin KYC vs MEXC KYC
Verification question | KuCoin | MEXC |
Mandatory for new accounts since | 15 July 2023 announced, 31 August 2023 on the current page | Tiered, with services affected where verification is incomplete |
Individual tiers | One standard individual level | Primary and Advanced |
Documents | ID card, driver's licence, passport, residence permit | ID card, passport, driver's licence, residence permit |
Face check | Required | Required at Advanced |
Crypto withdrawal ceiling | By VIP tier, from 1,000,000 USDT per 24 hours | 80 BTC per day at Primary, 200 BTC per day at Advanced |
Fiat access | 150,000 USDT per day for individuals | P2P at Primary, 20,000 USD per day at Advanced |
Unverified withdrawal figure published | No | No |
Data verified as of 10 September 2026 against each platform's official help center and verification guide.
The pain point in this comparison is not the paperwork, it is not knowing what a tier buys before you hand over a document.
MEXC answers that with a two-step individual ladder published in its help center, where each step states what it unlocks rather than leaving you to discover it after approval.
On official figures, Primary verification clears 80 BTC of crypto withdrawals per day and Advanced clears 200 BTC per day, so the second verification step raises the ceiling by two and a half times, and Advanced is also what opens fiat withdrawal at 20,000 USD per day.
Crypto deposits are unlimited at both MEXC tiers, review normally completes within 15 minutes although some applications take 8 to 24 hours, each account may submit three applications per verification level per day, and one identity may verify up to two MEXC accounts.
Two honest boundaries belong here.
MEXC does not publish an unverified withdrawal figure either, and its help center states that not completing verification may affect access to deposits, withdrawals and trading depending on regional requirements, with the specific services shown in the on-screen prompts.
Avoid fake KuCoin verification support
Searches about exchange verification attract a specific kind of fraud, and this one is worth two minutes of your attention.
The pattern is a page or post offering a support phone number, a chat handle, or a paid service that promises to complete or unfreeze verification for you.
Four rules cover almost every case.
Start from the platform, not from search.
Log in and open the verification page from your own account menu rather than following a link in a message.
No legitimate exchange asks for your password or two-factor codes.
Verification needs your document and your face, never your credentials.
Nobody can speed up or buy a verification result.
Paid expediting offers are fraud in every case we have seen.
Check the channel before you talk to it.
KuCoin's site links an official verification centre for checking whether an account, channel or ticket is genuine, and its help centre is the route to official support.
If you have already shared credentials, change them and revoke API keys before anything else.
The MEXC View
Disclosure first: MEXC publishes this article, MEXC competes with KuCoin for the same altcoin traders, and MEXC figures appear in the table above.
Every KuCoin fact here is sourced to a KuCoin page or a regulator's decision with the date we read it.
What KuCoin does well on verification deserves saying.
Its function matrix is published in full rather than summarised, which is why the unverified column in this article could be written at all, and its guide walks the flow step by step for web and app with the document requirements stated plainly.
Where we part company is disclosure of the number people actually search for.
Neither platform publishes an unverified withdrawal ceiling, and we would rather say that in one sentence than let a made-up figure circulate for another year, which is also why you will not find one in this article.
Our position on tiers is that a verification step should state what it buys before you take it, and that jurisdiction should be answered before paperwork, because a document that cannot be accepted where you live is not a limit, it is a closed door.
You can read how we verify and compare exchanges to judge how much weight this deserves.
For the wider picture on this platform, see our roundup of KuCoin alternatives ranked by tracked coin count and our checks on which exchanges publish proof of reserves.
KuCoin KYC FAQ
Does KuCoin require KYC?
Yes, verification has been mandatory for new accounts since 31 August 2023.
Accounts registered earlier that never verified can only sell, close positions, redeem and withdraw.
Can I use KuCoin without KYC?
Only in a limited way, and only on a legacy account, since deposits, spot buy orders and new futures positions are unavailable unverified.
A new account cannot be funded at all without verification.
What is the KuCoin withdrawal limit without KYC?
KuCoin does not publish one, and states that the limit is whatever appears on your withdrawal page.
Figures quoted elsewhere trace back to older announcements rather than current disclosures.
What documents does KuCoin accept for verification?
An ID card, driver's licence, passport or residence permit, submitted as JPG or PNG photos.
A face check follows the document step.
How many KuCoin accounts can one person verify?
One, according to KuCoin's verification guide.
KuCoin's guide flags document reuse across accounts as a reason applications are rejected.
Can US residents complete KuCoin verification?
No, a court order entered in March 2026 bars KuCoin from allowing US participants unless it registers with the CFTC, which it has not done.
US residents should use a platform licensed locally.
Can EU residents open a KuCoin account now?
KuCoin's EU entity holds an Austrian authorisation, but the regulator stated in May 2026 that starting business operations remains inadmissible.
Check the current status before assuming access.
Does verification raise my KuCoin withdrawal limit?
Yes, verified individual accounts move onto the VIP withdrawal ladder, which starts at 1,000,000 USDT per 24 hours.
Fiat withdrawal also requires verification.
Risk and compliance notice
Verification rules, limits and country restrictions change without notice, and each figure here carries the date it was read from an official page.
Confirm the current requirements on the platform itself before submitting documents.
Nothing here is advice on avoiding verification, and attempting to bypass a platform's eligibility rules can result in restricted access to your funds.
Crypto trading carries substantial risk of loss, and platform availability depends on your country of residence.
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This article is provided by Sarah Chen for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency markets involve significant risk. Please conduct independent research or consult a qualified professional before making any investment decisions. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of MEXC or its affiliates.
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