KuCoin Nominated for Two BeInCrypto Institutional Awards

KuCoin received nominations in Leader in Digital Asset Adoption and Best Trading Infrastructure at the BeInCrypto Institutional 100 Awards 2026. The exchange reported more than 40 million registered users and said its institutional business serves over 1,000 broker and fintech partners across more than 200 countries and regions.

The nomination in the adoption category notes KuCoin Pay and KuCard payment products and the company’s regulatory registrations, including AUSTRAC in Australia and a MiCAR-CASP authorization for KuCoin EU in Austria, which allows regulated crypto-asset services across the European Economic Area.

On infrastructure, KuCoin described an Off-Exchange Settlement framework that lets clients execute trades on the exchange while keeping assets with qualified custodians. The company has live integrations with BitGo’s Go Network and Ceffu’s MirrorX to separate custody from execution and reduce prefunding and counterparty exposure.

KuCoin launched a Unified Trading Account in 2026 that combines spot, futures and margin assets into a single capital pool. The company said the account supports shared margin, integrated risk management and lower-latency order messaging intended for professional and high-frequency traders.

In April 2026 KuCoin added perpetual futures symbols and real-time futures market data to TradingView, making the feeds available inside charting tools.

The firm described an RWA Collateral Mirroring Solution (RCMS) that lets institutions use tokenized real-world assets as collateral without moving the underlying assets out of their regulated structures. In 2025 KuCoin integrated UBS uMINT through a partnership with DigiFT and later expanded the framework with Asseto’s CASH+, a tokenized USD money market product.

KuCoin said these integrations allow tokenholders to deploy capital into digital markets while keeping assets under regulated custody. The company reported nearly 80 partners for its Cash+Crypto-as-a-Service network and noted collateral support for BTC, ETH and tokenized RWA assets.

Alison Qin, head of KuCoin Institutional & VIP, described the company’s shift from a retail trading venue to a provider of liquidity and infrastructure for brokers and fintechs and said the Unified Trading Account combined with greater market data transparency reduces the need for trust by providing data.

BeInCrypto’s Institutional 100 Awards evaluate firms that build systems for institutional digital-asset activity, including distribution, custody integration and trading infrastructure.