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- Reports reveal that Bitget Exchange has been delisted from the Apple Store, but the exchange wallet remains available.
- Bitget has revealed that it expects to resume in two weeks, and with iPhone users affected by the halt, this could affect the exchange’s market share.
Bitget has confirmed that the official exchange application has been delisted from the Apple Store. Over the years, Apple has tightened its rules on crypto-related apps on its official app store.
In 2022, the technology giant caused an uproar in the crypto space after revealing that it would only offer services to sell NFTs and sell services related to them, so long as they use Apple’s in-app purchases. In essence, this meant that the company would take up to a 30% cut in in-app payments.
At the time, this led to the intervention of X owner Elon Musk, who sought to talk to Apple CEO Tim Cook about adjusting the commission.
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has in the past also spoken out against Apple’s policies and called out Tim Cook for failing to support the crypto industry.
The multinational technology company has continued to frustrate the crypto space despite the industry enjoying mass adoption. More recently, Apple has embarked on a mission to delist crypto-related applications. Crypto applications such as MetaMask were removed from the Apple Store but were relisted. An even more compelling case was Binance, which was among close to a dozen crypto exchange apps that Apple delisted from the App Store following a request by the Indian government in its renewed crackdown on foreign exchanges.
Bitget has become the most recent victim of this harsh treatment.
Its removal has led to iPhone users not receiving notifications and the exchange not onboarding new users through the application. However, the Bitget wallet remains available on the store as revealed by Wu Blockchain.
Bitget exchange was delisted from the entire Apple store and Iphones were unable to receive notifications. Bitget said it expected to resume in two weeks. Bitget wallet was not delisted. Earlier, Crypto applications such as MetaMask were also removed from the Apple Store, but…
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 31, 2024
The crypto exchange, ranked 9th based on spot trading with a score of 6.8, has announced that it expects to resume in two weeks. The exchange, which has over 20 million traders from 100 countries, has recorded $873,498,709.45 in trading over the past 24 hours, according to data from CMC.
In the past, experts have criticized Apple for exploiting the unique feature making it so that users can only get apps from the official app store. This is used by the company to leverage app developers to pay obnoxious fees and meet outrageous requirements. However, the company has always maintained that its meticulous approach is to ensure that its customers are protected. Understandably, Sophos X-Ops revealed last year that crypto scams are now dominating the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, warning of seven major crypto investment applications.
Interestingly, Apple co-founder Wozniak last year revealed that he has been tracking Bitcoin for a long time and thinks its success is based on pure gold mathematics. CEO Tim Cook has also revealed he is interested in cryptocurrencies, stating that Bitcoin is certainly “something I’m interested in from a personal view.” Over the years, there has been speculation that Apple could add Bitcoin (BTC) to its books, similar to Tesla, but this has yet to materialize.
