Kraken has launched CFTC-regulated crypto perpetuals for U.S. traders via Kraken Pro, bringing a key offshore-style derivatives product onshore with BTC, ETH, SOL and more. The big question now: will traders actually use it, or just keep chasing cheaper leverage elsewhere?
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Kraken has won a $22 million arbitration award against Mazars after the auditor bailed on its near-finished 2022 audit, and co-CEO Arjun Sethi says it reflects the wider de-banking pressure crypto faced. The exchange is turning the win into ammo while still pushing toward an IPO.
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Kraken has added Bittensor’s dTAO and seven subnet tokens to its listings roadmap, giving the decentralized AI network a bigger shot at liquidity, visibility, and legitimacy. Bullish for access and adoption, sure — but the jump from exchange support to a $100,000 TAO is still pure speculation.
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Kraken’s Payward Europe has been listed as an electronic money institution in Lithuania, giving the exchange another regulated route for euro payments in Europe. It’s not a bank license, but it strengthens the plumbing behind Kraken’s fiat rails as MiCA raises the compliance bar across the EU.
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Kraken and Maple have launched a USDC-funded, bankruptcy-remote crypto lending facility backed by Bitcoin and Ether, aiming to bring more structure and less chaos to institutional digital asset credit. It’s a smarter setup than the 2022-era wreckage — but collateral risk and liquidation pain are still very real.
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Kraken just released open-source AI trading tools—a CLI and MCP server that link AI apps to price checks, paper trading, and live order execution. Powerful stuff, but one sloppy API key and your “smart” bot turns into a very expensive clown.
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Kraken has launched CFTC-regulated U.S. perpetual futures for eligible traders, bringing one of crypto’s most used derivatives products a lot closer to the U.S. regulatory perimeter. It’s a real step forward for onshore market structure — but leverage is still leverage, and it can liquidate accounts faster than a bad idea on a margin screen. […]
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Kraken has brought perpetual futures to eligible U.S. traders through its CFTC-regulated Bitnomial arm, giving Americans access to one of crypto’s most popular trading products without having to roam the offshore casino floor. Perpetual futures now available for eligible U.S. clients One Kraken Pro account for spot, margin, futures, and perps Bitnomial powers the launch […]
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Nakamoto Inc., a Bitcoin treasury company, has cut about $45 million in debt, refinanced its remaining Kraken-linked loan on better terms, and kept most of its BTC holdings intact. It’s a sign the firm is moving from aggressive balance-sheet roulette toward something closer to disciplined treasury management, as detailed in Nakamoto cuts debt by _45M […]
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Kraken is taking a direct shot at Wall Street’s old gatekeeping machine, opening tokenized access to SpaceX’s upcoming IPO through its xStocks platform. xStocks IPO Access now includes SpaceX Eligible retail users in more than 110 markets can apply SPCXx represents SpaceX equity and is described as 1:1 backed U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K. […]
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