Kraken Pro has launched the Unified Wallet feature for clients in the European Economic Area (EEA), which combines spot, margin, Earn, and futures account balances into a unified collateral pool that can be used directly for futures trading without manual fund transfers.
Read originalDeribit will reduce taker fees for perpetual contracts and futures for VIP4 to VIP7 tier traders on October 19, 2026 at 12:00 UTC, with reductions ranging from 0.10 to 0.30 basis points across tiers. The new fees will take effect automatically with no additional action required from traders, and can be viewed in Deribit accounts. The complete fee schedule, VIP eligibility requirements, and applicable conditions can be found on the fees page in the Deribit knowledge base.
Read originalKraken officially launched ZCHF deposit, withdrawal and trading services on October 8, 2026. ZCHF is a decentralized over-collateralized stablecoin pegged to the Swiss franc, issued on the Ethereum mainnet and bridged via Chainlink CCIP to multiple public blockchains including Arbitrum and Avalanche. Trading is currently supported only on Kraken's web platform; the app and instant buy features will be enabled once liquidity thresholds are met, and access may be restricted in some regions.
Read originalKraken opened deposits, withdrawals, and spot trading for Sui Dollar (USDsui) on October 5, 2026. Users must deposit tokens to a network supported by Kraken, otherwise assets will be lost.
Read originalKraken has added the AKT/USD margin trading pair, with a maximum leverage of 3x and a limit of 72,000 available for both long and short positions. AKT is the native token of Akash Network, a decentralized open-source cloud computing marketplace that rents out idle computing power through a reverse auction mechanism, often used for GPU-intensive workloads such as AI and machine learning. Margin trading requires holding at least one type of collateral, and additional fees apply to opening, closing, and holding positions, with the risk of loss of principal.
Read originalKraken has launched the Pre-IPO Trading Challenge, open to eligible users, running from 00:00 UTC on October 6, 2026 to 23:59 UTC on November 6, 2026, with a total prize pool of 10,000 USDG.
Read originalTo align with network infrastructure upgrades, OKX will stop accepting WebSocket port 8443 connections from the public internet environment on October 31, 2026, and will stop accepting connections to this port from the Colo environment on November 16, 2026.
Read originalOKX will delist DORA, ICX, STORJ, ZEUS, and ELF spot trading pairs in accordance with the OKX Delisting/Hiding Guidelines and user feedback.
Read originalBinance updated its API changelog on 2026-09-18, reminding users that SBE 3:2 mode and FIX SBE 1:0 mode will be deprecated on 2026-09-25. Both modes are being retired 6 months after being marked as deprecated per policy, and the production-facing SBE and FIX SBE lifecycle documentation has been updated accordingly.
Read originalDeribit has launched the largest perpetual contract product expansion in its history, initially rolling out over 90 new USDC-settled contracts covering five major market categories: cryptocurrencies, listed stocks and ETFs, commodities, the COIN50 index, and Anthropic and OpenAI pre-IPO markets.
Read originalOKX plans to merge USD and USDC spot order books into a unified order book to improve liquidity, narrow spreads, and optimize execution quality. Users must migrate open orders and trading bots for USD trading pairs to corresponding USDC pairs between September 23 and 30, 2026. After the migration window closes from 03:00 to 04:00 ET on September 30, the USD order book will be officially deactivated.
Read originalOKX will delist GODS, PRCL, and DUCK spot trading pairs in accordance with the platform's token delisting/hiding guidelines. USDⓈ- and EUR-denominated pairs will be delisted from 08:00 to 10:00 UTC on August 14, 2026, and USDT-denominated pairs will be delisted from 08:00 to 10:00 UTC on August 17, 2026.
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