Crypto Exchange news

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has secured a Virtual Asset Platform Operator License from the Securities and Commodities Authority of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), eight months after the regulator granted the company in-principle approval. In a Thursday notice, Bybit said approval from the UAE financial regulator would allow the exchange to offer its global products and services to…

Crypto exchange Gemini, founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, is expanding in Europe with new staking and derivatives offerings. Gemini users in the European Economic Area (EEA) can stake Ether and Solana, as well as trade perpetual contracts denominated in Circle’s USDC stablecoin, the company told Cointelegraph on Friday. The launch follows Gemini’s approval under Markets in Crypto-Assets…

Circle, a publicly traded US company and the issuer of USDC stablecoin, said it will launch a layer-1 (L1) blockchain compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) later this year. The company released its second-quarter results on Tuesday and announced the introduction of Arc, a new network designed to offer an “enterprise-grade foundation” for stablecoin payments, foreign…

Crypto exchange Gate is launching in the United States, offering spot trading services to US customers for the first time. Founded in 2013 by Chinese scientist Lin Han, the company cited improved regulatory clarity in the country as the reason behind the move. According to Gate, it will initially offer crypto trading pairs for US…

Trading platform Robinhood’s crypto revenue increased 98% year-on-year to $160 million in the second quarter as CEO Vlad Tenev doubled down on plans to lead the real-world asset tokenization market in the US and abroad. Total net revenue climbed 45% year-on-year to $989 million, while net income increased by 105% to $386 million, Robinhood said in its…

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that it can now expand its offerings and across European Union’s member states after securing a license under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. In a Wednesday notice, Kraken said it had received the MiCA license from the Central Bank of Ireland, allowing the exchange to offer regulated services to residents in the…