Japan’s FSA flags KuCoin and other platforms for unregistered OTC derivatives trading
Japan’s Financial Services Agency has widened its crackdown on offshore crypto derivatives platforms, issuing warnings to KuCoin, NeonFX, TheOption and GTCFX for soliciting over-the-counter derivatives business from Japanese residents without proper authorization. The action reinforces Tokyo’s increasingly strict posture toward foreign platforms that continue to target domestic users from outside the country’s regulatory perimeter.
VARA orders KuCoin entities to cease unlicensed virtual-asset operations
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) issued a market alert, directing multiple firms operating under the KuCoin name to stop providing virtual-asset services in the emirate. VARA’s message was unambiguous: the named entities must cease offering services “in or from Dubai” because they are not licensed.
Kucoin Names Ex‑LSEG Executive Sabina Liu to Lead Mica Expansion in Europe
KuCoin has appointed Sabina Liu, a former London Stock Exchange Group executive, as managing director of KuCoin EU, a leadership move that was solidified in late 2025 and is now playing out in early 2026. The hire aligns with KuCoin securing an Austrian MiCA licence that enables regulated digital-asset services across 29 EEA member states, […]