Come on. If they can't solve "KYC problems" they shouldn't be in this business.
There are other ways to limit growth too. Don't list every shitcoin under the sun maybe.
This is the scale of the problem on Bitcointalk. Nothing is done about it.
Not removing all the dodgy links to people selling exchange accounts is likely to eventually come to the attention of the likes of the SEC, FINSEC or symilar.

Each exchange has their own methods of KYC compliance. Someone buying a verified account with a $50K (or higher) daily limit can do a lot of laundry before getting caught. Especially straight after a big hack like Coincheck.
They delisted lots of coins. They increased the price for listing to discourage new listings. They reduced the amount of coins listed by 20%
API spam and malicious bot activity increased. That is currently being addressed.