Coinbase has secured an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) with retail derivatives authorization. The alternate claims to be the primary crypto platform in Australia to attain this. However, KuCoin responded with a unique perspective. Coinbase Expands Down Under According to Coinbase, crypto and fairness perpetuals will launch first. Options are deliberate to observe. The AFSL…
Solana-based alternate Backpack now affords retail buyers direct IPO share allocations on-chain, bypassing conventional brokerages, by infrastructure companion Superstate. Backpack is thought for managing fee-free FTX creditor claims and buying FTX EU’s property to revive licensed buying and selling in Europe. Why it issues: Retail buyers achieve entry to pre-listing IPO allocations beforehand reserved for…
Mahe, Seychelles – 12 February, 2026 – BitMEX, one of many most secure exchanges, as we speak introduced the launch of a worldwide marketing campaign that includes a 70,000 USDT prize pool, provided to those that commerce Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA) and different Equity Perps contracts on BitMEX. The marketing campaign will run from 12…
Victoria, Seychelles, February 9, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), immediately introduced the launch of The UEX Security Standard: From Proof to Protection, a joint analysis report authored with blockchain safety agency BlockSec. The report outlines a system-level safety framework designed for exchanges working throughout crypto, tokenized property, and conventional monetary markets…
Coinone, South Korea’s third-largest cryptocurrency change, has denied stories that it’s in talks to promote a stake to Coinbase, throwing chilly water on hypothesis that the US change big is making a recent push into Korea’s liquidity-rich market. The denial underscores how tough it stays for international exchanges to crack Korea’s tightly regulated crypto sector,…
South Korea’s Bithumb is launching its third annual dormant asset restoration marketing campaign, revealing that unclaimed cryptocurrency holdings on its platform have fallen to 291.6 billion received ($201 million)—a 34% lower from final yr’s 443.5 billion received ($306 million). The decline follows a earlier yr’s marketing campaign in which roughly 36,000 clients reclaimed a mixed…
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has reportedly proposed limiting main shareholders of cryptocurrency exchanges to 15-20% possession stakes, a regulatory bombshell dropped on December 30-31 that’s now casting an extended shadow over the business’s outlook for 2026. The proposal would pressure the founders and controlling shareholders of Korea’s high 5 exchanges to divest important…
South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency alternate, Upbit, introduced plans to improve its chilly pockets storage ratio to 99%, following a serious safety breach final month. The announcement comes as a part of a complete safety overhaul following hackers’ theft of roughly 44.5 billion received ($31 million) in Solana-based property on November 27. Upbit Strengthens Security After…
Hong Kong’s licensed crypto trade HashKey will listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 17, changing into the town’s first publicly traded cryptocurrency trade. This transfer indicators the formal entry of conventional Chinese industrial capital into the digital asset market. Hong Kong’s Web3 Ambitions Face Their First Market Test HashKey Holdings opened its…