When Bitget vaulted past $5 billion in cumulative tokenized stock futures trading, it wasn’t just another milestone for an ambitious exchange—it was a near real-time illustration of where retail and pro traders are increasingly pointing their dry powder. And perhaps more importantly, how fast they’re doing it.
Crypto exchanges don’t usually move quietly, but KuCoin’s latest expansion into Australia lands with unusually deliberate weight. The global trading platform—one of the largest by user count—has appointed James Pinch as its Australian Managing Director and opened a new headquarters in Sydney’s CBD, backed by a local leadership team dedicated to compliance, cybersecurity, operations, and product development.
BingX is adding a layer of gamified loyalty mechanics to the crypto-trading experience with the introduction of BingX Shards, a platform-wide rewards system designed to keep users trading, depositing, and participating in campaigns. It’s a shift that aligns with a broader trend in the digital-asset exchange world: loyalty, engagement, and user identity frameworks are becoming as critical as fee structures and liquidity.
BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: BMNR) has announced Chi Tsang as its new CEO, along with three independent board members: Robert Sechan, Olivia Howe, and Jason Edgeworth. These appointments aim to accelerate BitMine’s growth as a key player connecting traditional capital markets with the Ethereum ecosystem.
Monaco Research, the team building Monaco, an institutional-grade decentralized trading protocol, has appointed Simran Singh as its new Chief Executive Officer. The move signals a bold new phase for the Sei Labs–incubated project, which aims to bring Wall Street-level liquidity and execution speed to decentralized finance (DeFi).
At the Singapore Fintech Festival, Episode Six and Fireblocks made one of the event’s most notable announcements: a jointly developed unified payments platform designed to seamlessly merge traditional finance with the digital asset world.
KuCoin, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, is officially getting serious about the big leagues. With the launch of KuCoin Institutional, the company is pivoting from retail-focused trading to a robust, compliance-ready platform designed for professional investors, institutions, and strategic partners.
As global regulators tighten their grip on cryptocurrency tax reporting, Bybit—the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume—is taking a proactive stance. The exchange has announced a partnership with Taxbit, a leading provider of digital asset tax and accounting solutions, to automate compliance with the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and the EU’s DAC8 directive.
DeFi Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: DEFT), the fintech firm bridging traditional markets and decentralized finance, has reported a $3.2 million gain from a successful arbitrage trade executed by its DeFi Alpha trading desk.
ChainUp, a Singapore-based provider of digital asset infrastructure, has been recognized as the Best Technology Solution Provider for Digital Assets (APAC) at the Digital Assets Awards 2025, hosted by The Digital Banker.
