what's kucoin?
KuCoin is a cryptocurrency exchange platform celebrating its 8th anniversary in 2025, having grown from its first trade in 2017 to serving over 40 million users. The platform is led by CEO BC Wong and has appointed golf icon Adam Scott as its Global Brand Ambassador. KuCoin offers comprehensive trading services including spot trading, futures trading, earning/staking programs (KuCoin Earn), copy trading, and AI trading bots. The exchange is actively present at Token2049 Singapore conference and has launched a new brand messaging focused on "Trust First. Trade Next." Key initiatives include a $2B Trust Project, RWA (Real World Assets) integration, KuMining, and Kia programs. The platform maintains partnerships with notable projects including Beldex (since 2023), HPP, and connections to the Sui ecosystem through Mysten Labs. KuCoin operates multiple regional services across India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Spain, and Portugal, with active community engagement through giveaways, educational quizzes, and promotional campaigns offering various APR rates on staking products.
KuCoin lists RNBW (360K prize pool) and BIGTROUT tokens.
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x.com/kucoincomSupports the OM to MANTRA token upgrade on its platform.
Launched a $2 billion Trust Project investment program focused on custodial architecture and real-time compliance infrastructure.
Had license pulled by Austrian FMA over compliance staffing shortfalls, ordered to halt new EU business.
Received Partner Hall of Fame award from KuCoin Institutional.
Listed CCD token on the exchange.
Ranked 14th in "most popular exchanges in the world according to social" by LunarCrush as of February 17, 2026.
Supports AZTEC staking on its platform.
Recognized Kronos Research as Top Trader at Premiere 2026 event in Hong Kong on February 13, 2026.
Listed BNKR token for trading.
Spot trading volume decreased by 7% in January 2026 compared to December 2025.
Received 354 million RVV tokens (worth $607,000) deposited to the exchange from Astra Nova project wallets between February 6-10, 2026.
Listed RNBW token with a 360K RNBW prize pool promotion
Lists BIGTROUT token for trading.
Confirmed listing of Wardenprotocol token, scheduled to go live on 2026-02-04 at 12:00 PM UTC
Listed TRIA token for trading on February 3, 2026.
Listed USD1 stablecoin from World Liberty Financial on the exchange.
Launched KuCard
Listed KIN token on its platform, alongside listings on Binance Alpha and MEXC.
Appointed TamauPogi as Global Brand Ambassador.
Hosts VIP Gala event in Europe on 2026-01-28 at 12:00 p.m. EST featuring strategic roadmap presentation and key announcements for EU operations.
Listed $PYBOBO token with a $73,000 prize pool promotion through KuCoin Web3 Wallet.
Listed SPACE token for trading on 2026-01-23 at 19:00 JST as part of the token's TGE across multiple centralized exchanges.
Perpetual contract trading volumes nearly doubled between February 2026 and October 2026, with long-tail assets increasing their share of perpetual volume from 27.9% to 30.1%.
Listed FIGHT token on January 22, 2026 at 11:00 UTC.
Available for trading on decentralized exchanges including Lynx Protocol, OKUTrade, Oolong Swap, and Biconomy.
Supports bidding with USDT or USDC for the Zama auction starting on 2026-01-21, alongside official Zama app and CoinList platforms.
Lists ELSA token, scheduled to go live on 2026-01-20.
Received stolen funds from a hack that occurred on January 10, 2026, where the hacker stole 2.05 million LTC and 1,460 BTC valued at $294 million, with portions of the converted ETH and XRP being transferred into KuCoin.
Listed DN (DeepNode) token on January 9, 2026.
Shows heavy buy walls at $0.01 for LINGO token.
Received approximately $447,000 in stolen funds from the TrustWallet exploit, representing part of over $4 million in exploited assets sent to centralized exchanges.
Flagged by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an unlicensed exchange operating in the Philippines.
Supports tokenized stock trading with over 900 digital assets and 1,243 trading pairs, serving 41 million registered users across 200+ countries.
Spot trading volumes averaged $46 billion per month in 2025, representing a four-fold increase since 2023.
Achieved $2.2 billion in 24-hour trading volume.
Paused deposits, withdrawals, and spot trading during a ticker update transition, with normal activity expected to resume on December 19, 2025.
Listed ZIG token for trading.
Halted trading on the XMR/USDT pair, with the trading page redirecting users to other pairs.
Whale address 0x4c0A dumps 4,000 ETH worth $11.66M across KuCoin and three other major exchanges (OKX, Binance, Gate) in the past 2 hours.
Sei blockchain integration goes live on KuCoin Web3 Wallet, enabling users to send, receive, and swap native assets directly on Sei and explore its ecosystem.
IR pre-deposits and airdrop distribution go live, with users able to opt in until December 15, 2025, at 17:00 UTC.
KuCoin Shares is among the top-performing crypto assets over the last 7 days within the exchange tokens and trading activity narrative.
Hosts SOLAYER Futures Trading Competition with rewards for top 400 traders by volume, including up to 10,000 USDT in Futures Trial Fund.
Talus token ($US) lists on KuCoin tomorrow alongside Binance Alpha, Kraken, Bitget, and other exchanges.
Spot trading volume decreased 17% in November 2025 versus October, ranking as the third-best performer among major exchanges during an industry-wide 28% decline in spot trading volumes.
$FOLKS token staking goes live on KuCoin with 30% APR yield alongside Kaizen Finance.
ADIChain's $ADI token lists on KuCoin, Kraken, and Crypto.com concurrently with its mainnet launch.
$SEEK token lists on KuCoin (and MEXC) on December 5, 2025 at 12PM UTC with $60M FDV and 2.6% circulating supply for Talisman's AI-powered multi-chain wallet.
$KCS ranks 4th among daily crypto gainers on 4/12/25 per CoinMarketCap.
KuCoin Web3 wallet launches 0G Mainnet support, enabling users to move assets and access DeAI applications on the 0G ecosystem.
Canada's FINTRAC fines KuCoin $19.5 million for AML compliance failures including lack of MSB registration and failure to report large or suspicious transactions.
KuCoin EU secured a MiCA license, enabling regulated crypto services across the European Economic Area.
$BIT launches with $10M initial market cap and $35M FDV, 28% circulating supply from day one, and public sale price at $0.035.
$TEN goes live on KuCoin, MEXC, and Gate.io on Nov 27 with significant volatility, dropping 80% at launch amid liquidity problems, currently trading at $3M market cap and $20M FDV.
$BIT launches on KuCoin, MEXC, Jupiter Exchange, and LBank after raising a total of $53 million ($38M via KuCoin Spotlight and $15M with Kaito).
TEN Protocol token generation event scheduled with day-one listing on KuCoin, GATE, and MEXC.
Bitdealer ($BIT) IEO on KuCoin closes with private sale selling out in seconds and all phases following immediately after, with TGE in 2 days.
Monad ($MON) goes live on KuCoin at 3PM UTC today with simultaneous listings across 11 exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, Bitget, Bithumb, Upbit, Bybit, MEXC, Gate, HTX, and CryptoCom.
$BIT token sale price set at 0.035 USDT for Nov 24-27, with KuCoin offering a buyback mechanism if price drops below this level and holds for 48 hours during the first week post-launch.
Bitdealer Spotlight launch announced as the 4th KuCoin Spotlight of the year, with $BIT Token Generation Event scheduled for November 27th and backing from Meteora, Jupiter, Axiom, and True Labs.
KuCoin Pay integrates with Brazil's Pix payment network, enabling users to convert crypto to reais and pay any Pix-enabled merchant via QR code.
A user reports the platform acknowledged fault for a $300K wrongful liquidation due to broken infrastructure but offers only the ability to earn back losses via commissions if the user brings $700M-$1B in trading volume.
$BOB token launches on the platform today alongside Binance Alpha, Kraken, and Gate as part of a multi-exchange listing for the Bitcoin DeFi gateway project.
KuCoin partners with ChainGPT to drive InfoFi initiatives focused on real engagement and fair rewards.
A user reports funds frozen for 2 weeks with support directing them to contact law enforcement after unsuccessful resolution attempts.
A user reports experiencing issues with funds being stuck on the platform.
KuCoin experiences selling pressure while Asian exchanges see buying activity in recent minutes.
KuCoin spot trading volume grows 240% in October compared to September, the highest growth rate among major exchanges according to CEX data report.
KuCoin GemPool goes live for Canton Network with 1,666,666 CC tokens available to farm through staking USD1, KCS, or CC tokens with auto-compounding and referral boosts.
KCS is one of only 17 top 100 coins showing positive 90-day performance.
A user reports KuCoin successfully recovered $900,000 out of $1.4 million and returned the funds within days.
The EAT token launches on KuCoin, Bybit, and Kraken exchanges.
Wintermute deposits millions of dollars in ETH and BTC to KuCoin, Binance, and OKX, with historical pattern of token dumps following similar deposits.
PlayAI Network ($PLAI) staking portal opens ahead of TGE tomorrow, with exchange listings on KuCoin, MEXC, and Bitget.
MMTFinance ($MMT) TGE scheduled for November 4, 2025 at 12:00 UTC with listings on Binance, KuCoin, and Bybit, following $500M in liquidity and $1.1B daily trading volume.
TeaFi TGE date shifts to November 3rd (previously reported as November 2nd), with MEXC added as listing exchange alongside KuCoin and Kraken, and staking now offers 45.7% to 200% APY with 1.2x multiplier until launch.
Trader reports losing funds that remain locked on the platform despite recovery attempts, categorizing it among lower-tier exchanges.
MMTFinance connects KuCoin, Coinbase, and OKX as part of infrastructure enabling real-time liquidity flows between DEX and CEX, with integrations across market makers Amber, Selini, and GSR.
TeaFi listing on KuCoin November 2nd reports $620M+ volume (vs $560M+ prior), 1.1M+ wallets, 23M+ transactions, backed by Polygon Labs and GSR with $3.5M raised, 93% community token allocation and revenue-generating buyback flywheel.
TeaFi ($TEA) announces TGE on November 2 with listings on KuCoin, Kraken, and other exchanges after achieving $560M+ in pre-launch volume.
GiantAI project announces KuCoin as one of 60+ ecosystem partners/allies during their October 29th AMA recap.
$BOS, described as a bitcoin infrastructure project, launches with listings on KuCoin and six other major exchanges including Binance Alpha, Bitget, Kraken, Gate, MEXC, and PancakeSwap.
$PIGGY, an RWA project incubated by RWA Inc, trades on KuCoin alongside Gate, MEXC, and Binance Alpha.
Novastro ($XNL) confirms October 29 as official TGE date with listings on KuCoin, Gate, and MEXC; raised $2M at $50M FDV.
Novastro ($XNL) token plans to launch soon on multiple exchanges including KuCoin and MEXC.
TokenInsight's Q3 2025 Crypto Exchange Market Report shows KCS token outperformed Bitcoin in quarterly gains, derivatives trading volume reached global top three position, and spot market share expanded for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Limitless token lists on both KuCoin and MEXC exchanges.
KuCoin launches KuPool mining pool service with support for Dogecoin and Litecoin, with Bitcoin support planned.
$TURTLE token lists on KuCoin at 3 pm UTC with airdrop claim going live and confirmed listings on both KuCoin and Binance.
SLERF token is now listed and trading on KuCoin, Bitget, and MEXC exchanges.
KuCoin introduced a cloud mining platform in September.
X Layer is now integrated on KuCoin Web3 Wallet.
$RVV (Astra Nova) experiences alleged hack with 860 million tokens (8.6% of total supply) sold for 10.29 million USDT, with 8.23 million USDT transferred to KuCoin and Gate exchanges, though the legitimacy of the hack claim is questioned by analysts.
Astra Nova $RVV token generation event goes live with listings on KuCoin, Binance, Gate, Bitget, MEXC and other exchanges.
$ASTER is listed on KuCoin and 9 other major exchanges including Binance, Bybit, and Robinhood.
KuCoin completes $SFUND token migration today following a hack by North Korean (DPRK) hackers that forced the token relaunch, with CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko listings also completed.
KuCoin speaks at Blockchain Life 2025 in Dubai (Oct 28-29), a major industry event with 15,000+ participants and speakers from Google, Amazon, and OKX.
$SFUND token trading launches at 10 AM UTC tomorrow with automatic 1:1 balance conversion from the old token.
KuCoin achieves +3% website traffic growth in September, second-highest among major centralized exchanges.
KuCoin responds to the $300k liquidation incident with compensation package including $50k in demo funds, fee reduction, and a KFC voucher.