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 Ireland fined €3.25 million over customer-fund safeguards
The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland €3.25 million for safeguarding and outsourcing breaches — the second Irish penalty on the exchange in under a year.
Bybit eyes US broker partnership to take on Robinhood, Ben Zhou says
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says the world's second-largest exchange will seek an established US broker partner to challenge Robinhood — and sees the UK as its next untapped market.
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.
Bitget ends services for some users: Russia and Belarus cut after $388M hack
Bitget announced it will cut off services for certain users in a one-off compliance exercise, days after adding Russia and Belarus to its prohibited jurisdictions and weeks after losing $387.5 million in a hot-wallet hack.
Judge refuses to scrap Gemini's $5M CFTC settlement as Bitcoin holds $82,000
A federal judge rejected the rare joint request by Gemini and the CFTC to erase their $5 million settlement, keeping the exchange under a permanent injunction — while Bitcoin held near $82,000 through the week's hot inflation data.
Illinois crypto tax: industry groups push court for March ruling on 0.2% levy
CCI and the Blockchain Association asked an Illinois court to fast-track the challenge to the state's 0.2% digital asset tax, seeking a ruling by March 2027 while enforcement stays paused until July 1.
DOJ reviewing whether Binance breached $4.3B 2023 settlement
The US Justice Department is reviewing whether Binance kept the promises it made in its record $4.3 billion 2023 settlement, as prosecutors examine Iranian oil money allegedly moved through the exchange.
Coinbase halts Michigan sports contracts as Oct 10 deadline hits
Coinbase has halted sports event contracts for Michigan customers and closed every open position by the midnight-ET October 10 cutoff, under a deal with state regulators. Michigan has now halted three prediction-market operators.
Binance cuts 8 services and 22 tokens for Brazilian users from October 27
Binance will restrict eight services and end trading in 22 tokens for Brazilian residents on October 27 as it shifts users onto locally licensed entities under the central bank's new crypto framework.
Thailand clears Bitcoin and Ether ETFs for listing on its national exchange
Thailand's SEC finalized 11 regulations allowing locally built Bitcoin and Ether ETFs to trade on the SET from October 16 — with an 80% single-asset rule, SEC-licensed custody, and margin loans banned.
US government moves 9,261 seized Bitcoin ($770M) to Coinbase Prime in two days
Federal wallets shifted 9,261 BTC to Coinbase Prime in the largest single-day government outflow since 2024, with half traced to the 2016 Bitfinex hack and 2,456 BTC coming from wallets nobody had labeled as government-linked before.
Washington stalled the CLARITY Act; crypto dealmakers spent a record $9.66B anyway
Dealmakers poured a record $9.66 billion into crypto takeovers in early 2026 while the CLARITY Act died in the Senate — proof Washington no longer sets the pace.
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.