Exchanges
Exchange launches, listings, and operational shifts.
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Exchange announcements and custody evidence
Exchange coverage can concern trading, custody, access to withdrawals or the legal entity operating a service. These should not be treated as one question. Proof-of-reserves reports can provide a snapshot of assets, but the SEC cautions that they are not a complete set of financial statements and do not give the whole picture of liabilities.
Questions to ask of each report
- Which operator and jurisdiction does the announcement name?
- Are customer liabilities, withdrawal conditions and the scope of assurance disclosed alongside reserves?
Primary documents and background
- SEC investor bulletin on alternatives to financial-statement audits
Explains limits of proof-of-reserves and other assurance reports.
Coverage timeline
Sep 30, 2026–Oct 7, 2026 (UTC): 8 new articles and 0 older articles updated. These are counts of our coverage, not a measure of market activity. Dates below are publication dates.
- OKX Raises Funding at $25B Valuation as It Expands Into Payments and Tokenized Assets
- OKX raises funding at $25 billion valuation with backing from Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered and QRT
- FinCEN withdraws proposals for private-wallet reporting and crypto-mixing controls
- Payward adds SGB Net for 24/7 institutional settlement; SGB to connect with Kraken Prime
- OKX-ICE seeks SEC approval for round-the-clock trading in 63 tokenized U.S. stocks
All coverage
OKX Raises Funding at $25B Valuation as It Expands Into Payments and Tokenized Assets
OKX raised new funding at a $25 billion valuation, with Circle, Ripple, Qube Research & Technologies and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures among the reported investors. Blockonom…
OKX raises funding at $25 billion valuation with backing from Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered and QRT
Crypto exchange operator OKX raised new funding at a $25 billion valuation, with participation from Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered’s investment arm and hedge fund Qube Resea…
FinCEN withdraws proposals for private-wallet reporting and crypto-mixing controls
FinCEN withdrew two proposed rules: a 2020 measure covering certain cryptocurrency transactions involving unhosted wallets, and a 2023 proposal targeting crypto mixing. Neither …
Payward adds SGB Net for 24/7 institutional settlement; SGB to connect with Kraken Prime
Payward, the parent company of Kraken, integrated Singapore Gulf Bank’s SGB Net clearing network to offer 24/7 settlement to select institutional clients in jurisdictions across…
OKX-ICE seeks SEC approval for round-the-clock trading in 63 tokenized U.S. stocks
OKX and Intercontinental Exchange’s joint venture, OKXICE, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to launch a tokenized-stock trading platfo…
Bitwise says four crypto sectors gained after CLARITY Act stalled, while Bitcoin rose 8%
Bitwise identified four crypto sectors that gained after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the U.S. Senate, describing the market response as a rotation into select areas rat…
BNY and Kraken parent Payward discuss potential digital-asset and financial-infrastructure partnership
BNY is in talks with Payward, the parent company of Kraken, about a potential partnership covering digital assets and financial-market infrastructure, according to reporting cit…
EU regulators examine Binance’s use of MiCA exemption to serve customers without a bloc-wide license
European regulators are scrutinizing Binance’s reliance on MiCA’s “reverse solicitation” exemption to continue serving some EU customers after the exchange failed to secure a bl…
Bybit to accept Franklin Templeton’s $687 million tokenized money market fund shares as collateral
Bybit will let eligible clients pledge tokenized shares of a Franklin Templeton money market fund as collateral for trading credit. The shares remain in custody rather than bein…
Aave V4 on Base lets eligible non-U.S. users borrow USDC against seven Coinbase stock tokens
Aave launched a market on its V4 deployment on Base where eligible non-U.S. users can use Coinbase-issued tokenized stocks as collateral to borrow USDC without selling them. The…
Ethena to add Binance tokenized equities to USDe basis strategy starting Sept. 25
Ethena is expanding USDe’s basis-trading strategy to tokenized equities through Binance, with allocations beginning Sept. 25. Binance bStocks will serve as tokenized spot collat…
Brooklyn man sentenced to up to 12 years for nearly $16M Coinbase user phishing scheme
Ronald Spektor, a Brooklyn man, was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison for stealing nearly $16 million from about 100 Coinbase users in a social engineering and phishing sc…
Hyperliquid open interest reaches $18B as trading activity expands across perpetual markets
Hyperliquid open interest reached $18 billion for the first time, according to reports citing official Hyperliquid data tracked by Lookonchain [1]. Crypto Briefing also reported…
21Shares launches physically backed Zcash ETP on Euronext as ZEC holds above $1,600
Multiple reports say 21Shares launched a physically backed Zcash (ZEC) ETP on Euronext exchanges in Paris and Amsterdam, and that ZEC was trading above $1,600 afterward [1] [2] …
Binance Invests $100M in Circle and Expands USDC Partnership
Binance announced a $100 million strategic equity investment in Circle (Circle Internet Group, NYSE: CRCL) alongside a new five-year USDC partnership agreement [1] [2]. Bankless…
Circle expands USDC agreement with Binance for five years and Binance buys $100M in Circle shares
Circle disclosed in a September 22 Form 8-K that its subsidiaries entered a new five-year agreement with Binance on September 17 to expand USDC adoption, replacing prior agreeme…
Manhattan prosecutors investigate whether Binance violated US Iran sanctions through platform trading
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance Holdings Ltd. violated US sanctions on Iran by not stopping certain trading on its platform, according to people familiar w…
Analysts say SEC innovation exemption for tokenized stocks could create early opportunities for Coinbase, Robinhood, and Circle
Analysts cited by multiple outlets said the SEC’s five-year “innovation exemption” framework for tokenized stocks could create early opportunities for Coinbase, Robinhood, and C…
Payward to offer U.S. onchain perpetuals via Hyperliquid HIP-3, pending regulatory approval
Kraken parent Payward plans to offer onchain perpetual futures to eligible U.S. clients, starting with Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets, subject to regulatory approval [1] [2]. Reporti…
Bitcoin Coinbase premium drops to one-month low as U.S. demand weakens after CLARITY Act vote
Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium fell to a one-month low, according to multiple reports [1] [2]. CoinDesk attributed the decline to weakening U.S. demand, a setback for the Clarity ac…
U.S. prosecutors charge two Robinhood employees with alleged insider trading in Hyperliquid futures
U.S. prosecutors charged two Robinhood Markets employees, Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang (also known as “Jerry Xiang”), with alleged commodities fraud and wire fraud over trades i…
CoinEx to wind down exchange operations by Dec. 22 after nearly nine years amid market and compliance pressures
CoinEx announced it will wind down operations after nearly nine years, citing a prolonged crypto-market downturn, shrinking trading volumes and liquidity, and rising regulatory …
DOJ seeks forfeiture of about $61M in crypto alleged tied to Iranian oil sales via Binance
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed for forfeiture of about $61 million in cryptocurrency that prosecutors say is linked to illicit Iranian oil sales and was laundered thro…
Coinbase and Grayscale say U.S. CLARITY Act momentum continues ahead of Sept. 15 Senate vote
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the CLARITY Act is close to securing enough Senate support for passage, with remaining disagreements largely focused on ethics provisions, and …