KuCoin’s 2025 Review Signals Pivot to Regulated, Security-Led Growth

New updates have been reported about KuCoin.

KuCoin’s 2025 Annual Review positions the exchange’s past year as a structural reset toward compliance-driven, security-centric growth, underpinned by solid trading performance. The company reported average daily spot volume of $4.76 billion, up 55% year-on-year, and futures volume of $6.47 billion, up about 30%, placing KuCoin fourth globally in futures trading while emphasizing that liquidity expansion was managed within tighter risk and stability parameters. Central to its strategy was a renewed trust mandate: KuCoin launched a $2 billion Trust Project to reinforce asset protection and risk controls, completed 36 straight months of independently audited Proof of Reserves with Hacken, and achieved the industry’s so-called security “Quadruple Crown” — SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and CCSS — alongside a #1 global security ranking from CER.live.

Regulatory alignment advanced in parallel and is now a core pillar of KuCoin’s operating model. The exchange secured AUSTRAC registration and opened a local office in Sydney to support its Australia business, obtained a MiCA license via KuCoin EU to operate under the EU’s new unified crypto regime, and filed an application with Turkey’s Capital Markets Board (SPK), signaling intent to operate within formal local frameworks in another key growth market. On the product side, KuCoin focused on infrastructure and usability, expanding structured participation offerings such as GemPool, HODLer Airdrops, and Spotlight, and rolling out AI tools including KIA, a crypto-native assistant, and KuCoin Feed for market intelligence, while upgrading its app (App 4.0, KuCoin Lite) and consolidating its mining presence via KuMining and KuPool into a top-four LTC/DOGE hashrate position. CEO BC Wong framed 2025 as a year of deliberate trade-offs favoring long-term responsibility over short-term momentum, with the company signaling that future strategy will remain anchored in disciplined execution, deeper regulation, and technology-led trust as it builds out a durable, institution-ready digital asset platform.