KuCoin debuted KuPay Genesis, a flagship onboarding event marking the expansion of KuCoin Pay across Asia, South America, and Africa. Markets including Vietnam, the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Zambia, and Peru are already paying with crypto, per KuCoin's announcement on X.
The debut positions KuCoin Pay as a global payments rail as the exchange continues broadening beyond its core trading products.
KuCoin ceased trading of DIAM/USDT at 04:00 UTC on October 28, 2026 following a request from the project team, removing all open spot orders and shutting down trading bots at 01:30 UTC. The exchange has now confirmed DIAM/USDT will resume trading at 10:00 UTC on November 9, 2026, with a Call Auction opening at 09:00 UTC the same day.
The resumption reverses the earlier trading halt while the token's deposit and withdrawal rails stay suspended.
KuCoin will adjust the tick size of the XPL-USDT and PTB-USDT spot pairs at 04:00 UTC on November 9, 2026, to increase market liquidity and improve the trading experience. XPL's price tick moves from 4 to 5 decimal places, while PTB's moves from 6 to 8; quantity tick sizes and minimum order quantities are unchanged (XPL min 1, PTB min 1,000).
GET /api/v2/symbolsThe adjustment is the latest in KuCoin's series of periodic spot tick-size updates this quarter, following similar changes for other pairs throughout October and early November.
Tether Gold's Q3 2026 attestation confirms 25.74 tonnes of physical gold backing XAU₮, worth about $3.44 billion at quarter-end prices — a 59.1% increase in gold holdings since the end of 2025, held as 2,057 London Good Delivery bars in Swiss vaults. The attestation, released November 4, 2026 by issuer TG Commodities, maps each bar's serial number to on-chain token holders.
KuCoin has announced it will return to Tomorrowland Winter (@TMLwinter) in 2027 with an evolved partnership, per its official X feed. The announcement frames the renewed collaboration around KuCoin's "Trust, Built-in" brand initiative, citing transparency, responsibility, user-first priorities, and security as the foundation of the partnership.
KuCoin 5.0, the platform-wide upgrade framed as the product expression of its "Trust, Built-in" brand initiative, is live across the app. KuCoin is promoting the rollout continuously on its official X feed under #KuCoin5.0, plugging a redesigned app with "Lite vs Pro" interface modes — "new look, same trust, better everything." Most recently it highlighted that K-line chart settings now sync across devices, so users can pick up where they left off when switching screens.
The 5.0 upgrade spans compliance, technology, assets, experience, AI, and wealth management, including a redesigned Profile Center 2.0, the Unified Trading Account (UTA) opening to VIP 1+ users with KCUSD usable as margin, and wealth products tied into Earn. At the center of the push is Kia AI Assistant 5.0, which KuCoin says is now built into more of the experience — market insights, Earn opportunities, trading help, and support — positioned with the tagline "Your assistant. Your guide. Your KuCoin."
KuCoin will cut the Tiered Collateral Ratio for a range of assets under Margin Trading (Cross & Isolated) at 03:00 UTC on November 9, 2026, per its official announcement.
Lower collateral ratios reduce the valuation of collateral assets, which lowers the maximum borrowable amount; they do not affect users' position risk ratios or borrowed positions already held. KuCoin advises users running grid or automated strategies to review the impact in advance, with the latest ratios available on the official Collateral Ratio page.
KuCoin has completed the ticker update of Bifrost (BNC) to BNCOLD, per the exchange's official announcement. The rename is now live on the platform, following KuCoin's earlier notice that the Bifrost ticker would be updated to BNCOLD.
KuCoin has resumed withdrawal services for Meter Governance (MTRG), available until December 7, 2026, per the exchange's official announcement. The resumption follows a series of suspensions and postponements of the MTRG withdrawal closure through September and October, including pauses tied to maintenance and a reported security incident.
KuCoin's Isolated Margin Trading has added Quack AI (Q) and Irys (IRYS) as new margin and borrowable assets, with Q/USDT and IRYS/USDT now tradable as isolated margin pairs (announced November 5, 2026).
KuCoin launched KuCoin 5.0, a platform-wide upgrade spanning compliance, technology, assets, experience, AI and wealth management, introducing the Unified Trading Account for VIP 1+ users and AI Assistant 5.0.
Volatility Shares' six triple-leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETPs received SEC clearance on October 2, 2026, the first such products in the U.S., with trading pending final registration.
KuCoin pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, agreeing to penalties exceeding $297 million and to exit the US for at least two years; founders Chun Gan and Ke Tang agreed to withdraw from management.
KuCoin named its former Chief Legal Officer, BC Wong, as its new CEO as part of a push toward regulatory compliance and global expansion.
The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York charged KuCoin and founders Chun Gan and Ke Tang with conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and to violate the Bank Secrecy Act.
KuCoin agreed to pay $22 million in fines and refunds and to block New York users, settling a suit alleging it operated as an unregistered securities and commodities broker-dealer.
KuCoin raised $150 million in a pre-Series B round led by Jump Crypto, giving the exchange a $10 billion valuation.
KuCoin announced the launch of its research and incubation arm, KuCoin Labs, and a $50 million fund to identify and empower early-stage crypto projects.
Hackers drained roughly $280 million in crypto (Bitcoin, ETH, ERC-20, and other tokens) from KuCoin's hot wallets after private keys were exposed, making it one of the largest exchange hacks of 2020.
KuCoin closed a $20 million Series A round led by IDG Capital, Matrix Partners, and Neo Global Capital.
Founded by Chun Gan, Ke Tang, and Johnny Lyu, KuCoin ("The People's Exchange") launched publicly on September 15, 2017.
KuCoin raised its initial capital through an ICO of its KCS/KuCoin Shares token starting August 15, 2017; Wikipedia records it raising ~5,500 BTC (about $27.5 million).
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