PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, Oct. 12, 2026 /PR Newswire/ — KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform built on trust, today unveiled KuCoin 5.0, a comprehensive platform upgrade designed to make trust tangible across the ways users trade, manage assets and interact with the platform.

KuCoin 5.0 represents the product expression of the company's global brand initiative, "Trust, Built-in," introduced under KuCoin's enduring "Trust First. Trade Next." proposition. Rather than centering on a single feature, the upgrade spans six areas—Compliance, Technology, Assets, Experience, AI and Wealth Management—and brings them together around a more unified, efficient and user-centered platform experience.

The most visible changes include a redesigned experience that creates clearer paths for different types of users, an AI service layer that extends across the platform, and more flexible ways to trade, manage and put assets to work. Beneath these user-facing changes, KuCoin is also strengthening the technology, compliance and asset foundations that support the platform as it continues to evolve. For a platform serving more than 45 million users across 200+ countries and regions, changes to core trading and account workflows reach a broad cross-section of the crypto market.

A Clearer, More Inclusive Experience

KuCoin 5.0 makes everyday use of the platform clearer and more flexible. Profile Center 2.0 arrives with a cleaner visual design and a card-based layout that makes information and frequently used functions easier to find. The upgraded sub-account system streamlines account creation, strengthens security controls and improves sub-account management. Enhanced K-line charts offer more practical tools and real-time data, with settings that sync across devices to help users follow the market more efficiently.

The release also introduces a color vision accessibility mode, making charts and other visual information easier to distinguish for users with different color vision needs. An estimated 360 million people worldwide experience some degree of difficulty distinguishing colors, and by offering a clearer visual experience, KuCoin aims to make the platform more accessible to more users. The Lite and Pro experiences provide paths suited to different levels of familiarity and trading needs.

For users with more advanced trading needs, KuCoin 5.0 introduces the Unified Trading Account (UTA), now available to eligible KuCoin users at VIP1 and above. UTA brings spot, margin and futures trading into a shared framework for funds, margin and risk management, reducing the need to transfer funds between separate accounts and supporting more efficient use of capital across eligible products. The design targets a familiar friction point in crypto trading, where spot, margin and futures activity has typically required separate balances and manual transfers between accounts. Because eligibility begins at the VIP1 tier, the consolidated account structure initially reaches higher-volume traders rather than the platform's full user base.

AI That Extends Across the User Journey

KuCoin 5.0 also delivers a major upgrade to AI Assistant 5.0, creating a unified AI entry point that brings together conversations, Q&A and task completion across the platform. Spanning market insights, Earn, trading, customer support and campaigns, the assistant draws on page context and user actions to better understand what users need, recommend relevant services and help them complete tasks. Rather than treating AI as a single standalone feature, the platform positions the assistant as a connective layer that links research, transactions and support in one place.

Making Assets Work More Efficiently

The upgrade connects earning and trading more closely through exclusive wealth management products and benefits for VIP users, Earn access through sub-accounts, and support for selected wealth assets within the Unified Trading Account framework. Main accounts and sub-accounts can participate in Earn while managing funds separately, and KCUSD can be used as margin within the UTA, reducing the need to move funds repeatedly between earning and trading activities.

These user-facing changes are supported by continued development across KuCoin's Compliance, Technology and Assets foundations. The compliance work builds on milestones the company has already secured, including AUSTRAC registration in Australia and a MiCA license—the European Union's regulatory framework for crypto-asset service providers—in Europe. Together, the six upgrade areas form a platform designed to remain straightforward where possible and to provide greater control where needed.

"Trust should be something users can experience in every interaction—not only in how their assets are protected, but in how clearly, reliably and efficiently the platform works," said BC Wong, CEO of KuCoin. "KuCoin 5.0 is an important step in translating our long-term commitment to trust into the product itself. By bringing our core capabilities into a more connected, intuitive and intelligent platform, we are giving users greater confidence and control today while building the foundation for the next stage of digital finance."

KuCoin 5.0 establishes the foundation for the platform's next phase of development. By connecting trading, asset management and intelligent services through a clearer experience, KuCoin is building a platform designed for how users participate today and for how digital finance will continue to evolve. How the rollout develops from that foundation—including the pace at which UTA access extends beyond VIP1-eligible users and how deeply the AI Assistant becomes embedded in day-to-day workflows—will be among the clearest early signals of how the "Trust, Built-in" initiative translates into practice.

About KuCoin

Founded in 2017, KuCoin is a leading global crypto platform built on trust and security, serving over 45 million users across 200+ countries and regions. Known for its reliability user-first approach, the platform builds trust into every layer of the user experience, combining advanced technology, deep liquidity and strong security safeguards to deliver a seamless trading experience. KuCoin provides access to more than 1,000 digital assets through a broad product suite and remains committed to building a compliant, user-centric ecosystem for the future of finance, backed by SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, ISO 22301:2019 and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certifications.

In recent years, KuCoin has continued to strengthen its global compliance foundation, marked by key milestones including AUSTRAC registration in Australia, a MiCA license in Europe and regulatory progress in other markets. The company's official website is www.kucoin.com.