Kraken
Kraken is your bridge to the world of crypto. Spot, Futures, Margin, NFTs, Staking & OTC Buy, sell, trade, earn, explore and learn
Kraken is your bridge to the world of crypto. Spot, Futures, Margin, NFTs, Staking & OTC Buy, sell, trade, earn, explore and learn
Kraken has launched multi-account trading for Kraken Prop on Kraken Desktop. When a user places a trade on their leader account, Desktop places the same trade on every chosen follower account at the same moment.
Announced via the Kraken Blog in October 2026.
Kraken has listed $DNA, the token of NeoSoulAI, with trading now live — following the earlier "coming soon" tease from its listings account. NeoSoulAI describes itself as an agent economy platform built for self-custody, where users keep control of their assets and signatures during agent interactions.
Kraken has rolled out Unified Wallet to EEA clients on Kraken Pro, announced October 16, 2026. The feature pools spot, margin, Earn, and futures balances into one shared source of collateral, so users can trade futures without transferring funds between wallets.
Kraken has introduced Kraken Borrow for US customers, letting eligible clients buy up to 3x the value of their eligible assets, with cash used first and borrowing covering the rest in a single-price, single-confirmation flow. There's no repayment deadline and no minimum payment — customers can repay whenever they're ready, with all costs shown before purchase.
Payward, parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has signed an agreement to fully acquire Saldo Bank, a specialized bank headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, operating across five European markets. Kraken's own account amplified the news with CEO David Ripley noting the deal answers the idea that "the banks will just buy all of the crypto companies" — here, the crypto company buys the bank. The deal, reported by the Financial Times on October 14, 2026, is expected to close in 2027, with financial terms undisclosed.
Kraken has listed $ZCHF, the Swiss franc stablecoin from Frankencoin, with funding and trading live as of October 8, 2026 — following the earlier "coming soon" tease. Frankencoin describes ZCHF as backed by on-chain collateral rather than bank reserves.
Kraken has listed $USDsui, the Sui Dollar stablecoin from the Sui Network ecosystem, with funding and trading live as of October 5, 2026. Sui Dollar is a US dollar stablecoin built for payments, cross-border transfers, and DeFi on Sui.
Kraken has listed $PNT, the token of Pheasant Network, with funding and trading live as of October 5, 2026, following the earlier "coming soon" tease from its listings account. Users can deposit the token via Funding on networks supported by Kraken.
Kraken has enabled margin trading for the AKT/USD pair on Kraken Pro, bringing its total to over 276 margin-enabled markets. The pair offers 3x leverage with 72,000 in both long and short caps.
AKT is the native token of Akash Network, a decentralized, open-source cloud computing marketplace where providers compete in a reverse auction to lease spare compute — increasingly GPU capacity for AI workloads — often below the cost of traditional cloud providers.
Kraken has listed $DEBIT, the token of Teller (@useteller), with funding and trading live as of October 2, 2026. Teller's Debit AI agent runs on DEBIT as AI usage credits — each interaction with the agent spends DEBIT, and more advanced workflows consume more.
Payward, parent of crypto exchange Kraken, signed an agreement to acquire Saldo Bank, a Lithuania-based specialized bank with an EU license for deposits and lending, expanding Kraken's European banking footprint. The transaction is expected to close in 2027.
AVL is now available for trading on Kraken, with funding and trading live as of August 27, 2026.
USDGO stablecoin began trading on Kraken.
SODA token began trading on Kraken.
KII token began trading on Kraken.
Kraken announced it would acquire the U.S. retail futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion to expand into multi-asset trading.
Kraken launched its Ink blockchain, an Ethereum Layer-2 built with Optimism's OP Stack, on mainnet ahead of schedule.
Kraken announced a leadership change, with Arjun Sethi and Dave Ripley serving as co-CEOs in a 'new day for Kraken'.
Kraken officially launched its NFT marketplace out of beta, supporting over 250 NFT collections on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon.
Kraken agreed to pay $30 million and to discontinue its crypto asset staking-as-a-service program for U.S. clients to settle SEC charges.
Kraken announced that COO Dave Ripley would succeed co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell, who would become chairman of the board.
Kraken became the first cryptocurrency company to obtain a bank charter when Wyoming approved its application for a special-purpose depository institution.
Kraken acquired Crypto Facilities, a British regulated cryptocurrency derivatives trading firm and index provider, in a nine-figure deal, making Kraken a spot and futures exchange.
Kraken purchased New York-based Coinsetter and Canada's first bitcoin exchange Cavirtex, fully absorbing both brands and transferring client accounts to Kraken.
Due to its security record, Kraken was selected by Mt. Gox's bankruptcy trustees to assist with liquidating the exchange, investigating lost bitcoins, and helping pay back creditors.
Kraken received a $5 million Series A investment from Hummingbird Ventures and Digital Currency Group's Bitcoin Opportunity Fund.
Kraken launched publicly in September 2013, initially offering bitcoin, litecoin, and euro trades before adding additional currencies and margin trading.
Kraken, legally Payward, Inc., was founded in San Francisco by Jesse Powell, with co-founders Thanh Luu and Michael Gronager.
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