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.
Bitcoin, gold contracts are Robinhood's fastest-growing prediction markets
Robinhood says price contracts on bitcoin, gold and oil are its quickest-growing prediction-market products — and September's biggest event contract followed the Fed's rate decision, not sports.
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.
Top 5 most-traded crypto coins October 2026: where the money moved
Price charts show where coins sit; volume shows where money actually changed hands. Ranked by 24-hour trading volume, October 23's five most-traded coins turned over more than $100 billion — two of them dollar-pegged stablecoins, and every one of them moving on a verifiable 2026 catalyst.
Binance offers 600,000 XRP in rewards to users holding RLUSD stablecoin
Binance is putting up a 600,000 XRP pool for anyone who keeps Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin in a Binance wallet for the next four weeks, and the first payout arrives on October 30.
AXIS token price surges after multi-exchange listings and airdrop launch
Axis Robotics' AXIS token debuted on October 21 with listings across Binance Alpha, Upbit, Coinbase, KuCoin and a dozen more venues, climbing above $0.30 on nearly $190 million of turnover.
OKX unites euro and EURC depth in a single European trading book
OKX has pulled the liquidity behind its fiat-euro and EURC pairs into one shared trading book for European customers, who can settle either in euros or in Circle's euro stablecoin at parity.
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.
Bitcoin ETF approved in Switzerland: FINMA clears first retail spot fund
Switzerland's FINMA has approved the country's first retail spot Bitcoin ETF, the Bitcoin Fund ETF (BBIT), expected to list on SIX in November — as BlackRock's IBIT posted its biggest inflow day in more than a year.
Kraken's $80 fee gap: instant USDC conversion costs 5x the order-book route
A new report shows converting $10,000 of USDC to euros on Kraken costs $100 on the instant button but $20 through the order book — an 80-basis-point gap few users notice.
Top 5 crypto gainers of 2026: coins beating a brutal down year
While Bitcoin changes hands around $83,500, down roughly 23% over the past year, five large-cap coins are up 99% to 399% over the same stretch. These are the top 5 crypto gainers of 2026 — and the bank partnerships, ETF launches, and protocol upgrades verifiably behind each move.