Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 13th, 2026, Chainwire

Bybit Co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou has outlined the latest stage of the company’s expansion from a crypto exchange into The New Financial Platform, highlighting new products and collaborations across traditional and digital markets. 

The updates were presented during Bybit’s latest biannual “Keynote with Ben” session titled “Make Your Move”, where Ben discussed the convergence of financial markets and the company’s approach to building for that shift. Held outside the usual studio format, in a gathering with a live audience, the keynote brought Ben together with selected guests to discuss changes in the financial landscape, new technologies and the products shaping Bybit’s next phase.

Four Years of TradFi Expansion, With Stocks Now Live and mStocks Ahead

Four years after entering traditional finance with contracts for difference (CFDs) in 2022, Bybit has established itself as the largest crypto CFD platform, with trading volume reaching as much as $100 billion at its peak. On Oct. 12, the company expanded further into traditional markets with the launch of stock trading for eligible users, providing access to more than 1,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs. Users can trade using USDC, with fractional shares and 24/5 access covering U.S. pre-market, regular and after-hours sessions.

Bybit is also developing mStocks in collaboration with Mantle, with a targeted launch in November. The tokenized stock product is designed to be backed 1:1 by real stocks, with plans to support round-the-clock conversion between eligible stocks and mStocks on Bybit, as well as decentralized exchange trading through automated market maker (AMM) liquidity pools on Mantle. Converted mStocks are also expected to be transferable into Bybit’s Unified Trading Account (UTA) for use as trading collateral, subject to applicable terms and conditions.

Bybit launched IPO Express in June, giving eligible users access to selected IPO opportunities at the offering price through tokenized representations of the underlying securities. The service launched with SpaceX and is designed to extend Bybit’s access beyond secondary-market trading into selected primary-market opportunities.

The latest developments build on Bybit’s expansion into perpetuals, pre-market products, foreign exchange and options. Its TradFi offering now spans more than 600 products across equities, ETFs, indices, commodities and FX. TradFi perpetuals have recorded more than $180 billion in trading volume, while recent additions include Forex Perps and Perp Options, an industry-first options product built on TradFi perpetuals.

Bybit is continuing to develop new perpetual products linked to AI computing and commodities, extending its range of instruments beyond conventional crypto markets.

Extending the Platform into Payments

Beyond trading and investing, Bybit has expanded its payments infrastructure to help customers move funds with greater flexibility. Bybit Pay and Bybit Card support crypto and fiat transfers, merchant payments and everyday spending. The service now connects users with more than 5,000 merchants across 15+ countries and supports transfers to bank accounts and e-wallets, alongside QR payments and other payment services. Bybit has issued more than 4 million Bybit Cards, extending the platform’s use beyond financial markets into payments and spending.

Security and Regulatory Infrastructure

The expansion has been accompanied by investment in security, compliance and technology infrastructure.

In the first half of 2026, Bybit said it intercepted more than 30,000 suspicious withdrawal requests, protecting users from more than $700 million in potential losses.

Bybit also secured five new licenses and regulatory approvals across European Union, the Cayman Islands, Indonesia, South Africa and El Salvador during 2026. These regulatory developments support the company’s efforts to expand its presence across different markets, subject to local requirements.

The company launched Bybit AI in September as a conversational assistant across trading, account management and customer support, with further development planned around the platform’s wider financial services.

“Bybit is all about giving you the speed and scale you need when you Make Your Move. We have brought trading, investing, payments and AI together, and we are continuing to add more markets and more ways to use them. We built the platform. Now it is about giving people the financial freedom to make their own move,” said Ben Zhou, Co-founder and CEO of Bybit.

Building Beyond the Exchange

Four years after entering TradFi, Bybit now combines crypto markets with stocks and ETFs, derivatives, commodities, FX, selected pre-IPO access, payments and AI-powered services. The company’s focus is increasingly on bringing these capabilities together within a single platform while continuing to expand market access, product depth and the infrastructure supporting them.

For Bybit, the development of The New Financial Platform represents the next stage of its growth beyond crypto and into a broader role across global financial markets.

Watch the full keynote here: https://www.bybit.com/en/press/live/keynote-with-ben-h2-2026

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Trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, Bybit brings together investing, trading, payments, and wealth-building in a single secure and intelligent ecosystem. Through the combination of AI-powered technology, deep global liquidity, robust security, and transparent operations, Bybit makes global finance more accessible, efficient, and empowering for everyone.

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Moscow, Russia, October 13th, 2026, FinanceWire

A7 International enables businesses and individuals to pay invoices with digital assets, while recipients receive a regular bank transfer, reflecting A7’s international positioning and expanding the geography of settlements available to foreign clients.

In two years of operation, A7 has become one of the key players in the international settlements market. Founded in 2024 to serve the foreign economic activity of Russian businesses, it currently serves around 15,000 companies, processing 10+ trillion roubles in 2025 alone. The services A7 offered domestically sparked interest among businesses from other countries, prompting the company to come up with a new product for foreign clients.

The launch of A7 International marks a new stage in A7’s journey. In response to requests from foreign entrepreneurs, the company is expanding its positioning and creating an export offering for businesses in various countries. It is a remote service compliant with local legislation on digital assets and available only in those jurisdictions where cryptocurrency circulation is permitted.

“We are presenting not just a new product in the lineup, but a new image of A7. We have adapted our service so that it can be used remotely from anywhere in the world. This is precisely the key demand of market participants today. They want to be able to transfer money around the world in a few clicks in the shortest possible time – directly from your smartphone, without lengthy paperwork, hidden fees, or unjustified holds on funds. And we are packaging this demand into a convenient and competitive form,” said Chairman of Bank PSB Petr Fradkov.

The mechanics of the service are simple: the client transfers USDT, and A7 arranges a bank transfer via SWIFT using the counterparty details specified in the invoice. The recipient does not need to accept cryptocurrency or open a crypto wallet: the funds arrive in their bank account.

To submit an application, you need to register in your personal account on the website a7.biz. Individuals undergo identity verification (KYC), and companies undergo corporate data verification (KYB). Then the client uploads the invoice and the necessary documents. The built-in algorithm automatically recognizes the invoice data and helps fill out the application.

“The system operates as follows. AI analyzes the sender and beneficiary, jurisdictions, and key risk factors of the transaction. Based on the verification results, a risk profile of the payment is formed and the available options for processing it are determined. The system compares compliance requirements with the capabilities of the existing payment infrastructure. After that, it recommends the optimal payment route taking into account its cost, speed, reliability, and applicable restrictions. Routing dynamically adapts to changes in conditions and the availability of payment channels. Data accumulated over the years makes it possible to continuously improve the quality of decisions made by the system,” noted A7 CEO Ilan Shor.

At launch, A7 International accepts USDT on the TRON network. Bank transfers are available in US dollars, euros, Chinese yuan, and UAE dirhams. Other currencies are available by prior agreement. The commission is 0.3% for both businesses and individuals. After uploading the invoice, the client sees the final cost of the payment, including commission, in advance.

Payment execution time is from one business day. After the operation is completed, the client receives a SWIFT message or another confirming document. For currency and customs control, the service also provides closing documents.

The presentation of the service took place on a symbolic date and time — October 13 at 13:13.

Video of the official presentation and Customer journey here.

About A7

A7 is a global financial technology company specializing in international payments and settlement solutions for international trade. It was established in 2024 with the involvement of PSB Bank.

A7 is developing an independent global payment infrastructure across more than 100 countries, combining global financial expertise, advanced technology and regulatory compliance. The company’s products include international payments, digital financial assets and promissory notes.

A7 Group works with 15,000 clients, with around 2,000 transactions processed through the system every day. In 2025, approximately 19% of Russian companies’ cross-border trade settlements were processed through A7. In October 2025, A7 received an AA(RU) credit rating with a Stable outlook from ACRA.

Contact

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Alex Fedorov
A7
info@a7.biz

Moscow, Russia, October 13th, 2026, Chainwire

A7 International enables businesses and individuals to pay invoices with digital assets, while recipients receive a regular bank transfer, reflecting A7’s international positioning and expanding the geography of settlements available to foreign clients.

In two years of operation, A7 has become one of the key players in the international settlements market. Founded in 2024 to serve the foreign economic activity of Russian businesses, it currently serves around 15,000 companies, processing 10+ trillion roubles in 2025 alone. The services A7 offered domestically sparked interest among businesses from other countries, prompting the company to come up with a new product for foreign clients.

The launch of A7 International marks a new stage in A7’s journey. In response to requests from foreign entrepreneurs, the company is expanding its positioning and creating an export offering for businesses in various countries. It is a remote service compliant with local legislation on digital assets and available only in those jurisdictions where cryptocurrency circulation is permitted.

“We are presenting not just a new product in the lineup, but a new image of A7. We have adapted our service so that it can be used remotely from anywhere in the world. This is precisely the key demand of market participants today. They want to be able to transfer money around the world in a few clicks in the shortest possible time – directly from your smartphone, without lengthy paperwork, hidden fees, or unjustified holds on funds. And we are packaging this demand into a convenient and competitive form,” said Chairman of Bank PSB Petr Fradkov.

The mechanics of the service are simple: the client transfers USDT, and A7 arranges a bank transfer via SWIFT using the counterparty details specified in the invoice. The recipient does not need to accept cryptocurrency or open a crypto wallet: the funds arrive in their bank account.

To submit an application, you need to register in your personal account on the website a7.biz. Individuals undergo identity verification (KYC), and companies undergo corporate data verification (KYB). Then the client uploads the invoice and the necessary documents. The built-in algorithm automatically recognizes the invoice data and helps fill out the application.

“The system operates as follows. AI analyzes the sender and beneficiary, jurisdictions, and key risk factors of the transaction. Based on the verification results, a risk profile of the payment is formed and the available options for processing it are determined. The system compares compliance requirements with the capabilities of the existing payment infrastructure. After that, it recommends the optimal payment route taking into account its cost, speed, reliability, and applicable restrictions. Routing dynamically adapts to changes in conditions and the availability of payment channels. Data accumulated over the years makes it possible to continuously improve the quality of decisions made by the system,” noted A7 CEO Ilan Shor.

At launch, A7 International accepts USDT on the TRON network. Bank transfers are available in US dollars, euros, Chinese yuan, and UAE dirhams. Other currencies are available by prior agreement. The commission is 0.3% for both businesses and individuals. After uploading the invoice, the client sees the final cost of the payment, including commission, in advance.

Payment execution time is from one business day. After the operation is completed, the client receives a SWIFT message or another confirming document. For currency and customs control, the service also provides closing documents.

The presentation of the service took place on a symbolic date and time — October 13 at 13:13.

Video of the official presentation and Customer journey here.

About A7

A7 is a global financial technology company specializing in international payments and settlement solutions for international trade. It was established in 2024 with the involvement of PSB Bank.

A7 is developing an independent global payment infrastructure across more than 100 countries, combining global financial expertise, advanced technology and regulatory compliance. The company’s products include international payments, digital financial assets and promissory notes.

A7 Group works with 15,000 clients, with around 2,000 transactions processed through the system every day. In 2025, approximately 19% of Russian companies’ cross-border trade settlements were processed through A7. In October 2025, A7 received an AA(RU) credit rating with a Stable outlook from ACRA.

Contact

CMO
Alex Fedorov
A7
info@a7.biz

Malaysia, 13th Oct 2026 – Discover LinkPro’s vision for next-generation communication infrastructure, bringing together multiple identities, AI-native messaging, contextual privacy, Secure Space and control over personal data.

LinkPro is a next-generation messaging platform built around multiple identities, AI-native communication and contextual privacy. Positioned as AI Communication Infrastructure, it rethinks messaging around the relationships people manage, the growing volume of conversations they receive and their need for control over identity and data.

For people managing projects, participating in communities and keeping up with personal contacts, a messaging system needs to reflect different relationships and help them find what matters. LinkPro brings these needs together, connecting identity, conversations and privacy rules within a single system.

Multiple Identities for Different Relationships

A professional presence at work, a private conversation with family and a public role in a community all belong to the same person, but involve different relationships. LinkPro accommodates those differences through Work, Personal, Community and Anonymous identities.

Each identity has its own name, profile picture, contacts, groups, notifications, online status and privacy rules. Users can manage their profile and communication environment according to the role they are in, giving each relationship a clearly defined place.

For creators, multiple identities separate fan communities, brand partnerships and personal contacts. For founders, they address the need to manage teams, clients, partners and private life at the same time. Starting with the structure of those relationships makes LinkPro better suited to the different roles a person actually holds.

AI at the Core of Conversation Understanding

LinkPro puts AI’s ability to interpret conversations at the heart of messaging. Summaries help users catch up on long exchanges, decision extraction organizes confirmed arrangements, and reply suggestions take the situation into account. Multilingual understanding supports conversations across regions, while Context Memory helps users find relevant past discussions.

In intelligent groups, these capabilities organize key decisions, action items, important files and discussion threads. Members returning after time offline can get an overview of the project before opening the topics they need to continue their work. Group conversations gain a clearer information structure.

LinkPro defines AI’s role clearly: AI understands; humans decide. Intelligent organization helps users make sense of information, while the people involved confirm important arrangements and make the final decisions.

Privacy Rules That Fit Each Relationship

Clients and family members have different expectations around availability. Friends and unfamiliar community members need different levels of access to profile information. LinkPro organizes privacy around relationships and conversations so settings reflect the situation in which communication takes place.

The design includes forwarding controls, read receipts, online status, message lifetimes, screenshot safeguards and alerts, and additional access conditions. These govern activity disclosure, content use and access to spaces, letting users apply appropriate rules to each relationship.

Multiple identities and contextual privacy work together. The identity establishes the role in use, while privacy rules define the boundaries within that role. For people managing several kinds of contact, this connection makes privacy easier to understand and manage.

A Separate Security Layer for Important Information

Everyday chats and important business information call for different access arrangements. LinkPro Secure Space provides a security layer for sensitive content outside ordinary messaging, with a separate entry point and access conditions for important conversations.

LinkPro’s technical security layer also incorporates end-to-end encryption, device keys and permission management. Identity, privacy and Secure Space are considered together within the foundational architecture, providing distinct management layers for different communication needs.

Digital Identity and Data Control for Wider Collaboration

LinkPro includes DIDs and verifiable credentials in its identity layer, with cross-platform identity, data ownership and community collaboration in its development direction. The focus is how users manage their digital identities and maintain relationships built over time.

Its data design distinguishes between encrypted cloud, local-first and decentralized storage. These approaches address different priorities, including convenient synchronization, control through users’ own devices and data sovereignty. Different identities and situations can have appropriate data arrangements.

For collaboration involving AI agents, LinkPro also focuses on agent identities, permissions and authorization limits. Communication between people and agents requires clarity about who is participating, who has authorized them and what they are allowed to do. These considerations extend into the next phase of the messaging architecture.

Designed for People and Teams with Complex Communication Needs

Founders and project leads manage several business relationships at once. Remote teams need handoffs across time zones. Creators separate their public presence, commercial work and private life. Community members need clear identities, discussions and participation rules. LinkPro builds a shared communication system around these situations.

Its product roadmap begins with messaging, identity and privacy foundations, develops AI’s understanding of conversations, and then extends into cross-platform identity, control over data and agent collaboration. Each stage connects the capabilities to practical communication needs.

Together, these choices give LinkPro a clear proposition: distinct spaces for different roles, easier access to the information that matters, and communication rules and data arrangements shaped by the user’s needs. They define LinkPro’s position as AI Communication Infrastructure.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is LinkPro?

LinkPro is a next-generation messaging platform built around multiple identities, AI-native communication and contextual privacy. It is positioned as AI Communication Infrastructure.

What are LinkPro’s core design elements?

They include multiple identities, AI conversation understanding, contextual privacy, Secure Space, and architecture supporting digital identity and user control over data.

Who is LinkPro designed for?

Its design addresses the communication needs of people with multiple roles, creators, founders, remote teams and those collaborating across communities.

Visit www.linkpro.me to explore LinkPro’s approach to multiple identities, AI and privacy, and discover next-generation messaging designed around real relationships.

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Limassol, Cyprus, October 13th, 2026, FinanceWire

B2PRIME Group, a global financial services provider for institutional and professional clients, has announced a material expansion of its institutional liquidity architecture.

Following two years of strong growth, product development and investment in institutional infrastructure, B2PRIME has secured an additional line with its Tier-1 prime broker, expanded its relationships with Tier-1 banks and global financial institutions, and increased its capacity to construct and manage bespoke aggregated liquidity streams.

The expansion enables B2PRIME to support larger counterparties, more complex trading models and a broader range of institutional flow profiles.

Intelligent Liquidity Management

Over the past two years, B2PRIME has substantially diversified its pool of banking and non-banking liquidity providers, building a full-scale infrastructure for aggregating liquidity from a wide range of heterogeneous sources. 

Where the Group’s model previously relied on aggregating already-normalised sources, it now aggregates flows with varying order book depth, data formats and execution parameters — systematised and normalised within a single infrastructure rather than simply combined.

This has brought B2PRIME’s customisation to a new level. Individual liquidity streams can now be built for each client, accounting for execution parameters and source-specific characteristics, not just spreads and consolidated pricing. 

Each stream can be configured around instrument coverage, ticket-size distribution, target depth, holding periods, session concentration, latency sensitivity, pricing structure and expected volumes.

This gives institutional clients a liquidity configuration built for their business, rather than a generic pool offered on identical terms to every counterparty.

The Group has also developed more advanced markout and anomalous price-movement detectors, improving control over liquidity quality, faster identification of underperforming sources, and greater price-stream stability.

“Access at this level is earned through financial strength, consistent flow, operational discipline and a strong compliance record. Our expanded relationship with our Tier-1 prime broker and the addition of further Tier-1 bank pricing relationships reflect the progress B2PRIME has made. We now have the access, capacity and infrastructure to serve some of the most sophisticated businesses in the market, and to continue supporting them as they scale.” — Eugenia Mykuliak, Founder of B2PRIME Group

Expanding Prime-of-Prime Liquidity Infrastructure

The additional line with B2PRIME’s Tier-1 prime broker strengthens the Group’s ability to support higher volumes and larger institutional relationships. At the same time, the addition of further Tier-1 bank pricing relationships increases the range and quality of liquidity available for aggregation.

Together, these developments allow B2PRIME to create deeper and more resilient liquidity streams while reducing dependence on any single source.

The resulting architecture is designed to support demanding institutional requirements, including concentrated flow, larger ticket sizes, multi-asset coverage and businesses operating across different trading sessions and execution environments.

This combination of prime-broker access, diversified Tier-1 pricing and client-specific liquidity engineering places B2PRIME among a relatively small group of regulated Prime-of-Prime providers capable of supporting sophisticated liquidity mandates at scale.

More Than a Price Feed

At the institutional level, liquidity quality depends on the diversity of underlying sources, available credit, fill performance and suitability for the client’s specific flow and many other factors. Instead of distributing a standardised feed, B2PRIME designs each stream around the client’s business model and execution requirements, with performance continuously assessed against real execution data.

This has already translated into tighter spreads across major and minor FX pairs and precious metals, more competitive swap rates, increased executable depth and stronger price continuity across principal sessions. 

The broader source mix also gives B2PRIME greater flexibility to manage the liquidity behind each stream. Sources can be assessed against fill ratios, rejection rates, slippage, response times, spread stability and performance during volatile market conditions. This is a continuous process. A liquidity stream is not treated as a static product: it is monitored, reviewed and adjusted as the client’s flow and market conditions evolve.

B2PRIME’s publicly available Best Execution framework, aligned with MiFID II, governed all of this. Institutional counterparties can access detailed execution-quality reporting.

“The difference between supplying liquidity and managing liquidity is significant. A feed can look competitive in a snapshot. An institutional liquidity stream must perform across volume, volatility, different sessions and changing flow characteristics. We understand the client’s flow and manage the stream continuously against real execution data.”

— Alex Tsepaev, Chief Strategy Officer at B2PRIME Group

Two Years of Growth Results in Expansion

In 2025, the Group’s client trading income increased by 165% year-on-year to EUR 52.8 million. Net profit reached EUR 15.0 million, while client trading volumes grew more than fivefold. B2PRIME ended the year with zero debt and an equity-to-total-assets ratio of approximately 45%.

That’s why this combination of balance-sheet strength, consistent volumes, regulatory standing and operational performance has enabled B2PRIME to deepen its relationships with leading global financial institutions.

The offering is available now to eligible brokers, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, asset managers, OTC desks and banks, subject to entity and jurisdiction, via FIX API, PrimeXM, oneZero, Centroid, FXCubic and MT4/MT5 bridges.

About B2PRIME Group

B2PRIME Group is a global financial services provider for institutional and professional clients. Regulated by reputable authorities—including CySEC, FSA, FSCA, FSC Mauritius, SCB in The Bahamas, DFSA (Dubai) —the group of companies offer access to competitive liquidity across multiple asset classes. Committed to the highest compliance standards, B2PRIME provides institutional-grade trading solutions with a focus on reliability, transparency, and operational excellence.

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Chai Clinic is expanding its one-on-one customized total skin solutions, combining premium lifting treatments such as Ulthera, Thermage, and Serf Lifting with skin boosters and medical skincare. Through precise treatment tailored to each patient’s skin condition, the clinic aims to maximize anti-aging synergy.

South Korea, 13th Oct 2026 – Chai Clinic announced it is significantly strengthening its “Customized Total Skin Solution,” which spans anti-aging lifting procedures, skin boosters, and systematic skincare management.

As interest in preventing skin aging grows, more consumers are seeking personalized care based on skin thickness, elasticity loss, and overall condition. Chai Clinic responds by combining distinctive lifting devices with skincare programs.

Its flagship programs, Ulthera and Thermage, deliver energy precisely to the epidermis, dermis, and deeper layers. Ulthera uses high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to lift the SMAS layer, while Thermage uses radiofrequency (RF) energy to stimulate dermal collagen regeneration. Depending on skin type, the two can be combined or chosen individually. The clinic has also introduced options such as Surf lifting, which aim to restore elasticity and improve facial contours with less discomfort.

Skin boosters balance moisture and oil, soften fine wrinkles, and strengthen the skin barrier, enhancing regeneration when paired with lifting devices. Professional skincare before and after procedures helps prolong results and supports recovery.

“Satisfying anti-aging results require a multifaceted approach that cares for both the surface and inside of the skin,” said Won-jin Cho, Representative Director. “Through one-on-one consultations and genuine products in exact amounts, we will provide solutions optimized for each individual.”

Located in Delight Square near Hapjeong Station in Mapo-gu, Seoul, Chai Clinic is a global anti-aging clinic where doctors with over 10 years of clinical experience personally handle everything from consultation to treatment.

Inquiries: Chai Clinic
Website: https://seoultopskinclinic.com/ 

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