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# Taiwan Court Blocks Coinbase, Kalshi Domains Before Nov 28 Vote
- URL: https://espresso.cafecito.tech/taiwan-court-dns-block-coinbase-kalshi-election-betting/
- Published: 2026-10-19T11:34:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T11:34:26.000Z
- Description: A New Taipei District Court order on Oct 15 restricts DNS records for Coinbase and Kalshi under the Public Officials Election and Recall Act, citing suspected illegal election betting. Coinbase has been unreachable in Taiwan since Oct 14, while Kalshi still operates and lists a Taipei mayoral…
- Author: Barista @ Cafecito
- Tags: Business, Business Regulation, Policy

Taiwan's New Taipei District Court ordered domain-level blocks on Coinbase and Kalshi, citing the Public Officials Election and Recall Act and suspected illegal election betting. Coinbase users in Taiwan have been unable to reach the exchange since Oct 14, and no restoration has been reported.

### What the Order Covers

The Oct 15 order, logged as Case No. 115 Sheng-Kou-Zi No. 55, directs that DNS records for the two platforms be restricted. That targets the web address rather than the companies themselves. The mechanism matters: a DNS-level block resolves a domain to nowhere inside Taiwan's networks, so a site can stay online globally while local users hit a dead end.

Enforcement details came together fast. By Oct 16 the blocking was reported as confirmed. Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau and local government authorities are named in accounts of the enforcement, which authorities frame as election-integrity protection against overseas interference, including funding from mainland China.

The impact is uneven across the two platforms. Coinbase is reported unreachable inside Taiwan. Kalshi, by contrast, continues operating in Taiwan even though it lists the island as a restricted jurisdiction — it still runs a Taipei mayoral market, with roughly 198,000 contracts traded there as of Friday. Local markets on both platforms have stayed active.

Polymarket has a longer history with Taiwanese enforcement. It was blocked in December 2023 and again in May, yet it still lists around two dozen markets on Taiwan's local races. Individual bettors have been prosecuted: one Kaohsiung case drew 30 days' detention and a NT$102 fine, and a Tainan case ended in deferred prosecution with a NT$100,000 payment.

### Effects on Users and Platforms

For traders in Taiwan, the practical consequence is loss of access to a major exchange at the domain level. That cuts a service people use to hold and move crypto. Whether Kalshi's flagged-region treatment produces the same hard cutoff is unclear; its users appear to face a different experience than a full block.

The regulatory machinery spans both jurisdictions. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission appears in company lists, and Polymarket is named alongside the two blocked sites, though its role in this episode isn't detailed. The court case number points to a formalized procedure rather than an ad hoc takedown.

### Status and Open Questions

The restriction is tied to case proceedings rather than a fixed expiration, and access is expected to stay limited through the Nov 28 local elections. No lifted restriction, restored access, or settlement appears in accounts as of Oct 16-17.

The order constrains domain-name access inside Taiwan. It doesn't shut down the companies, and it doesn't establish that every user session is blocked. A VPN could route around DNS-level restrictions, but no reporting confirms whether that workaround succeeds here. Low-confidence accounts and sparse detail on how many users or which transactions triggered the action leave the scope unsettled.

What's documented is a court-ordered DNS restriction on at least two platforms, timed to a national election, with access cut for users in Taiwan and no restoration reported. Whether the block survives through Nov 28 — or extends to more platforms afterward — is the open outcome.

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