I was once paid a bounty. I was so patient and waited and then it went up and I was pleased to sell it off. The only place that traded the token was OKEX and that is the only reason I used them.
They wanted my phone number which I did not like one bit, I did it anyway since I wanted to sell. I deposited with no problems. I traded for 0.025 BTC which was a handsome reward for the work I did. Wating had paid off and I had doubled the investment since I was paid the bounty. I then go to withdraw.....
Some crap about "suspicious behaviour" I don't know what is suspicious about making a trade and wanting to withdraw so I immediately knew what was going on. They were counting on me not to reveal my KYC so they could keep the btc (which they did) I haven't logged in since.
They held my btc ransom and exploited their position and blackmailed me. I will never use CEX exchange ever again. They will always use KYC as a weapon.
Centralized exchanges shouldn't even operate without being regulated. and as long as they are centrally controlled, they can be easily abused. Real exchanges (real decentralized exchange) have little or non of this problem.
Centralized exchanges are the source of many financial frauds in crypto world.
There are very few centralized exchanges don't ask for KYCs, but you can choose decentralized exchanges to avoid KYC requirements, if you don't want to do it. Crypto Bridge is one of good decentralized exchanges for you.
Most of the centralized exchanges don't ask KYC if you only have small money there, if it is a huge money maybe that you withdrawn a day maybe more than 0.5 BTC they would definitely ask you for KYC. Even in Binance they have withdrawal limit of 0.5 BTC if i'm not mistaken for non-KYC users and most of the users have no problem with that. However I still can't deny the fact that submitting your ID for KYC will grant you freedom by sacrificing your anonimity.
I am too afraid the CEX exchange steals my crypto and blackmails me for KYC. DEX will not do this to me. They risk is less. MY money is my business anyway. It has nothing to do with anyone else. I fill my damn tax form at the end of the year I don't need some faceless clowns from an exchange telling me what to do and how to do it. They don't even know they laws in the differnt countries.