{"id":614399,"date":"2026-06-15T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=823189"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:20:23","slug":"bitbank-drops-polymarket-warning-japan-traders-face-account-suspension-over-betting-deposits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/bitbank-drops-polymarket-warning-japan-traders-face-account-suspension-over-betting-deposits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitbank Drops Polymarket Warning: Japan Traders Face Account Suspension Over Betting Deposits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bitbank-drops-polymarket-warning-japan-traders-face-account-suspension-over-betting-deposits_nwmk-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A smartphone displaying the Bitbank logo rests on a green-backlit keyboard.\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Japan\u2019s Bitbank, one of the country\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced on June 15, 2026, that users transacting with prediction market platforms, including Polymarket, could face immediate account suspension. Bitbank Draws the Line The exchange posted a formal notice citing Japan\u2019s longstanding gambling prohibitions. Bitbank said it would move to suspend any account where deposits or [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s Bitbank, one of the country\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced on June 15, 2026, that users transacting with prediction market platforms, including Polymarket, could face immediate account suspension. Bitbank Draws the Line The exchange posted a formal notice citing Japan\u2019s longstanding gambling prohibitions. Bitbank said it would move to suspend any account where deposits or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":614400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-614399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-regulation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}