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Acquiring a licensed local entity provides Bitget a regulated operational foundation in Thailand rather than building a new platform from scratch or operating an unlicensed foreign service

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated on October 20, 2026 that building a market presence requires local expertise, regulatory understanding, and long-term commitment

Bitget announced a proposed transaction to acquire Bangkok-based digital asset exchange and brokerage GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. through its interest in BTGT Management (Thailand) Ltd.

Under the proposed acquisition of GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics, parent company GMO Internet, Inc. and GMO-Z.com Holdings (Thailand) Co., Ltd. will transfer their entire shareholding in GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics to BTGT Management (Thailand) Ltd.

Exchanges Binance Kazakhstan and Bybit Kazakhstan operate as authorized digital asset service providers within the Astana International Financial Centre regulatory framework

GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics operates Z.com EX, which launched in February 2021 and is registered on Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission list of licensed digital asset exchange operators

Completion of Bitget's proposed acquisition of GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics and Bitget's subsequent platform launch in Thailand are subject to obtaining regulatory approval for the change of control from Thai authorities

Bitget is evaluating local operating capabilities across Southeast Asia to participate long-term in markets with developing digital asset frameworks

Payment company Paysend and tokenized asset issuer Securitize joined LogosFi, Inc. as its initial design partners at the October 19, 2026 testnet launch.

Digital asset platform Kucoin designed artificial intelligence assistant KIA to suspend recommendations and task execution during extreme market volatility, liquidations, or unverified data, keeping deterministic risk controls isolated.

Zerohash developer documentation specifies support for 639 wallet connections and four exchange or brokerage accounts.

Germany’s Sparkasse savings bank network initiated the rollout of cryptocurrency trading directly within its banking app on October 19, 2026, targeting its retail customer base.

Sparkasse launched its cryptocurrency trading service on October 19, 2026, with five initial savings banks, including Frankfurter Sparkasse, Taunus Sparkasse, Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Sparkasse Rottal-Inn, and Niederrheinische Sparkasse RheinLippe.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase helped trace illicit funds, support asset freezes, identify more than 65 active scam victims, and prevent over $415,000 in potential losses.

Coinbase's Global Intelligence team connected public blockchain transactions with evidence from social media profiles, messaging accounts, and fraudulent websites to identify scam operations.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance participated in the U.S. Department of Justice joint crackdown to assist law enforcement with tracing suspected fraud and identifying suspicious accounts.

Binance AI Pro initially supports spot and USD-margined futures trading strategies on Binance's website and app, subject to regional restrictions.

Binance allows beta users of AI Pro to retain their existing service while transferring their chat history and strategies to the new platform.

Binance made its AI Pro trading agent available to all users on October 19, 2026, expanding access through a free tier following a paid beta that began on March 25, 2026.

Cryptocurrency exchange BingX joined the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets register through its Austrian subsidiary MEGE zweite GmbH after receiving authorization from Austria's Financial Market Authority on October 13, 2026.