Multiple margin trading pairs will be removed: what traders need to know

In February 2026, a significant change occurred in margin operations affecting active investors. A total of 10 different trading pairs were removed from margin services, requiring users to take immediate action to protect their positions and assets. It is essential to understand which pairs are involved, when the change occurs, and what steps you need to take before it’s too late.

Margin pairs that will cease trading

The removal affects both cross-margin and isolated-margin trading. In the cross-margin segment, the pairs KNC/BTC, COTI/BTC, BAT/BTC, DUSK/BTC, RLC/BTC, GRT/ETH, GLM/BTC, and KAVA/BTC will disappear from the service. For isolated margin, the list is longer: KNC/BTC, COTI/BTC, BAT/BTC, DUSK/BTC, JST/BTC, RLC/BTC, GRT/ETH, GLM/BTC, KAVA/BTC, and CTK/BTC.

This decision means that any open positions in these pairs will be automatically closed on the specified date. Traders with debts in these assets face immediate restrictions: they can only transfer funds equivalent to their outstanding obligations, excluding any collateral already available in their account.

Restrictions effective immediately

Since the announcement, users cannot transfer assets belonging to these pairs to their isolated margin accounts, either through manual transfers or via the Automatic Transfer Mode. This restriction is designed to prevent opening new positions in these doomed pairs, reducing risk exposure.

On February 4th, isolated margin lending for these assets was suspended, preventing new borrowing against these collaterals. Three days later, on February 6th at 06:00 UTC, all positions were forcibly closed, automatic liquidations executed, and any pending orders canceled.

Urgent actions to protect your portfolio

Before margin trading for these pairs ended, users needed to transfer all their assets from margin accounts to spot accounts. Any open margin positions—cross or isolated—would be automatically liquidated without manual intervention.

The deactivation process took approximately three hours, during which no user could modify or update their positions. This means traders had no control during the automatic closure and had to rely on algorithms executing liquidations at fair market prices at that moment.

Available alternatives after delisting

Although these specific margin pairs were removed, the assets remain tradable in other available trading pairs. A trader interested in KNC, COTI, BAT, or any other affected token can continue trading these tokens in alternative pairs on the platform, just not within the previous margin structure.

This restriction reflects operational risk management decisions in the margin segment, where certain pairs are prioritized over others. Users should regularly review official announcements to identify future changes and proactively adjust their margin trading strategies, avoiding positions in instruments that could be removed without prior notice in the future.