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Kraken and MEXC have expanded their partnership to France: MEXC is referring its French clients to Kraken as it winds down its French operations, building on the agreement already in place for the Netherlands. Kraken will support affected clients through the transition.

• Referred clients get access to over 600 crypto assets, 1,000+ tokenized assets, EUR fiat rails, and quarterly independently verified Proof of Reserves
• MEXC clients are priority-queued for KYC with a target of under 24 hours; they should use the same email address as at MEXC and can swap Kraken-unsupported assets to USDC before transferring
• Kraken cited its MiCA authorization from the Central Bank of Ireland (since June 2025), a MiFID authorization from CySEC for derivatives, and CBI e-money authorization as the regulatory basis for the move

Announced November 6, 2026 via the Kraken Blog.

KrakenFX posted on November 6, 2026 that the company behind Claude — Anthropic — is going public and is "coming to Kraken soon," sharing a teaser graphic without further details. Anthropic publicly filed its S-1 with the SEC in late October and is reported to be targeting a Nasdaq listing under the ticker ANT as early as mid-November.

• Kraken has previously said its ANTHROPICx pre-IPO perpetuals are expected to switch from synthetic-index pricing to xStocks tokenized-equity pricing once Anthropic's IPO completes
• The tease follows the pre-IPO perps on Anthropic and OpenAI that Kraken launched earlier in 2026
• No specifics on what "coming to Kraken" entails were shared in the announcement

Kraken has confirmed $KOR is live for funding and trading as of November 4, 2026, per the Kraken Blog — making good on the previously announced listing date. KOR is the token of Kor Protocol, an onchain clearinghouse for creative assets that coordinates verification, routing, and settlement for the AI economy.

• Users can deposit $KOR via Funding, but only on networks supported by Kraken — deposits via other networks will be lost
• No details on tokenomics or utility were shared beyond the listing confirmation

Kraken has announced that kHYPE — its wrapped HYPE token, backed 1:1 by HYPE held in Kraken custody — can now be used as collateral in Nado's onchain protocol. kHYPE lets holders keep their HYPE with Kraken while putting it to work onchain.

• Shared via KrakenFX on X in late October 2026, tagging HyperliquidX and congratulating the Nado team
• The integration adds collateral use for kHYPE as the wrapper's onchain utility expands

Kraken has listed EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), a MiCA-compliant euro-pegged stablecoin issued by Societe Generale-FORGE, the digital-asset subsidiary of French bank Société Générale. Funding and trading are live as of November 3, 2026, per the Kraken Blog, with the asset available for deposit via Funding on Kraken-supported networks — deposits via other networks will be lost.

• EURCV is issued as an e-money token under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, backed 1:1 by euro-denominated collateral in segregated accounts with daily transparency reports
• Trading via the Kraken App and Instant Buy will go live once liquidity conditions are met; geographic restrictions may apply

Kraken has recapped its VIP program's 2026 summer season: over 30 VIP events spanning F1 weekends tied to its Atlassian Williams F1 Team partnership (Montréal, Monaco, Silverstone, Monza, Madrid), FIFA World Cup hospitality in New York and New Jersey, Wimbledon, BTS at Tottenham, and private dinners from Charlotte to Zurich — including a Michelin-starred rooftop dinner in Prague. Two flagship retreats took clients to Saint-Émilion and Jackson Hole, with a Tokyo retreat teased as next.

• The VIP portal, live on Kraken Pro web since May, is now available on mobile; it centralizes stats, event registration, team contact, and weekly briefings from Chief Economist Thomas Perfumo
• June was the program's busiest month ever at 18 events, with World Cup matches nearly daily
• Kraken says further VIP portal updates are coming ahead of Kraken VIP 2027

Kraken is promoting its Protected Strategies USDC product on Kraken DeFi Earn, advertising up to 4.5% APY with built-in coverage: up to $100k of a user's USDC may be eligible for coverage against events such as smart contract exploits, subject to Firelight's terms.

• Firelight's onchain cover is live on the Protected Strategies USDC vault (formerly Boosted USDC), with validated payouts released directly to the vault
• The cost of coverage is paid out of the vault's yield, so the displayed APY is already net of it
• Coverage has caps and aggregate limits, so payout may be less than the full loss

Promoted via KrakenFX on X in late October 2026, with APY quoted as of October 2026.

Kraken Prop has added silver, WTI oil, Brent oil, copper, and natural gas to its commodity lineup, joining gold on the platform. Commission on every non-crypto market drops to 2bps per side, including on accounts traders already hold.

• New markets span metals and energy commodities alongside the previously available gold
• The reduced 2bps per side rate applies to all non-crypto markets on Kraken Prop
• Announced via the Kraken Blog in late October 2026

Kraken has fully rolled out USDG on Arbitrum One: funding and trading are live, and deposits and withdrawals are now available on the Ethereum layer-2 network. USDG is the dollar-denominated stablecoin issued natively by Paxos, and native issuance on Arbitrum means no bridge is required to move the token.

• The rollout followed a 'coming soon' tease from Kraken's listings account and was amplified on KrakenFX
• Arbitrum is described by Kraken as a fast, low-cost Ethereum L2
• Announced in late October 2026 via the Kraken Blog

Kraken Wallet has shipped its browser extension, described as requested by and delivered for users. The extension brings the non-custodial Kraken Wallet to the browser, expanding access beyond the existing mobile app.

• Shared via KrakenFX's X account retweeting KrakenWalletHQ
• No additional details on supported browsers or features were shared in the announcement