So is monero banned? The availability of monero in exchanges in very limited. I guess it depends on your definition of banned. 

 Still available on Kraken and a few others

But there are many options to buy, swap, and sell it

https://pb.envs.net/?fddbb02f3599dc10#5o6C51E4iNNQC5APBegEsMRTcDsNcHUFZXEMz6RNbUhq