Bybit wins Dubai VARA licence for spot crypto trading
Bybit's Dubai unit secured a VARA licence for spot exchange services on October 22, adding a sixth regulatory approval to its 2026 tally — derivatives are not covered.
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Kraken's Payward wins in-principle approval for Kazakhstan license
Payward received conditional approval from Kazakhstan's AFSA to run a digital-asset trading and custody business inside the AIFC zone.
Coinbase barred in Kazakhstan as court curbs six unlicensed crypto platforms
The AIFC court issued injunctions against Coinbase, BingX, Bitcoin.com, HTX, BitMart and WEEX for operating without licenses, extending the crackdown to Google and Apple's app stores.
XRP smart money turns bearish on Binance and Bybit as price steadies at $1.40
Coinglass data shows smart-money accounts for XRP have gone extremely bearish on Binance and Bybit — even as the token recovers to $1.40 from its $1.31 low.
Bitcoin liquidations top $547M as Hormuz oil shock hits crypto
Bitcoin tumbled under $84,000 on Wednesday after Iran escalated strikes on commercial tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude surged past $101, and crypto derivatives markets answered with roughly $547 million in liquidations — overwhelmingly long positions caught on the wrong side.
Polygon POL tokenomics reform: can ending 2% inflation rescue the token?
An activist investor wants Polygon to scrap POL's 2% annual inflation and fund buybacks from the treasury. With POL at $0.11 and down 86% from its 2024 peak, the math behind the proposal is worth a look.
Robinhood's Tenev: crypto contracts will outgrow sports in prediction markets
Vlad Tenev told CNBC that crypto-linked event contracts already account for a growing slice of the company's event-contract business, with sports wagers expected to shrink to a minority within a few years.