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what's kraken?

Kraken is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform founded in 2011, designed to provide secure and reliable trading services for digital assets. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the buying, selling, and storage of cryptocurrencies while bridging traditional finance with the crypto ecosystem. Key features include spot and margin trading for over 200 cryptocurrencies, futures trading via Kraken Pro, staking rewards, and support for multiple fiat currencies like USD, EUR, and GBP. The platform emphasizes security with features like two-factor authentication, cold storage for funds, and regular proof-of-reserves audits. Kraken also offers advanced tools such as API integrations for analytics and automated trading, and it has expanded into institutional services and NFT marketplaces. Recently, it has focused on user growth through promotions, new token listings, and integrations with networks like Aptos for assets such as USDT.

Snapshot

Kraken accumulated 11,499 BTC after PCI data, transferred 1.35B USDC, and joined CFTC council.

11H ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

Accumulated 11,499 BTC (3,508 BTC + 7,991 BTC) in the last few hours following PCI data release on 2026-01-13.

1D ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

Transferred 1.35B USDC to Circle through wallet DTQK7G between October 15, 2025 and January 13, 2026.

REGULATORY

Participated in the CFTC's CEO Innovation Council formed in late 2025 to discuss tokenization, blockchain infrastructure, and market structure innovations.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Sold 2,911 BTC over a 10-hour period ending around January 12, 2026.

4D ago
TECH EVENT

Ink L2 confirms airdrop scheduled for later in 2026.

ONCHAIN METRICS

L2 'Ink' surpassed $500M in DeFi TVL.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Bought 2,551 BTC in a single hour on 2026-01-09, part of coordinated accumulation totaling over $3B across multiple exchanges following a Supreme Court tariffs ruling delay.

5D ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Dropped in ranking on Setter Capital's Q4 2025 list of most in-demand startup secondary shares, likely due to the funding round announced in November 2025.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Lists FLOCK token, which powers the Flock.io decentralized AI training platform.

6D ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Lists AUSD (Agora digital dollar) for trading, with launch scheduled soon as of January 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed FRNT token (Wyoming Stable Token's USD-backed stablecoin) for trading on January 7, 2026.

1W ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

Sold 4,172 BTC during low liquidity hours on January 7, 2026.

ONCHAIN METRICS

xStocks tokenized equities surpassed $10B in combined transaction volume

PARTNERSHIP

Selected as custody partner for Ethena's USDe backing assets, joining Copper, Ceffu, and Anchorage Digital Bank as custody providers.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Kraken on January 6, 2026 at 14:00 UTC as part of a simultaneous listing across four major exchanges.

TEAM UPDATE

Pursuing an initial public offering (IPO).

RISK ALERT

Customer data is allegedly being sold on the dark web.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Will list BREV token on the exchange.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed VET (VeChain) for trading.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Runs a promotional incentive program offering €25 in BTC to new users who sign up with a code and trade €50, valid from 2026-01-01 through 2026-01-31.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Kraken exchange with MIM trading pairs available.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed on Kraken exchange, providing tier-1 platform access with deep liquidity and clean collateral support for mETH token.

2W ago
REGULATORY

Will begin collecting user transaction data and balances for EU tax residents starting January 1, 2026, under the EU DAC8 Directive, with first reports due to national authorities in 2027.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Received 15,611.9 BTC transfer from an unknown wallet, split into 10,000 BTC to cold wallet and 5,611.9 BTC to hot wallet.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Received $50 million USDC transfer from PumpFun's treasury/ICO wallet on December 28, 2025, part of over $600 million USDC moved through Kraken since mid-November 2025.

3W ago
TECH EVENT

Launched Krak, a remittance app offering stablecoin balances earning around 4% APY and a Mastercard debit card with zero FX fees across 160+ countries.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Bought 3,217 BTC within a 24-hour period ending December 23, 2025.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Lists OMI token trading on 2025-12-23 at 15:00 UTC.

REGULATORY

Signed onto a letter with 125+ companies defending the GENIUS Act provision that allows intermediary platforms to offer stablecoin rewards.

REGULATORY

Participated in UK FCA consultation on exchanges, staking, lending, and DeFi regulations with a 2027 deadline for implementation.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed ZKP token for trading on December 19, 2025, with geographic restrictions applying to the listing.

PARTNERSHIP

Serves as an institutional validator for the Sei Network alongside Binance.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with CryptoWendyO to launch the "Wendy O bundle", a curated crypto portfolio bundle containing HBAR, XRP, LINK, ETH, BTC, and SOL available on the Kraken exchange.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Sold 1,543 BTC as part of coordinated market action involving multiple exchanges

MARKET ACTIVITY

Lists ANYONE token for trading on December 19, 2025.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed VOOI token for trading on December 18, 2025.

REGULATORY

Executives participated in meeting with Senator Tim Scott regarding market structure bill negotiations on December 17, 2025.

1M ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed XRP for trading.

RISK ALERT

Experienced a service outage on December 16, 2025.

The $FUN token sale starts December 16 at 1PM UTC on both Kraken and Legion platforms, with allocations distributed to participants on December 20th. SportFun expands beyond football into NFL and NBA, achieving #1 consumer app status on Base by revenue with $90M+ trading volume and $10M+ revenue.

KULA token trading begins on Kraken December 16, powering KulaDAO's RWA tokenization and impact investing platform.

Kraken partners with Legion to host the Sport dot Fun ($FUN) ICO from December 16-18, 2025 at $60M FDV with $3M softcap, listing the token at TGE with 50% unlock and 50% six-month linear vest.

The UK Supreme Court refuses BSV Claims Limited's appeal in the multi-billion pound case over 2019 BSV delisting, effectively ending the legal case against Kraken and other exchanges.

Kraken Pro expands perpetual futures trading to EU users with BTC, ETH, and stablecoin support, offering $200 trading fee credits.

Kraken acquires BackedFi as part of expansion into the tokenization and real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure space.

Kraken becomes an issuing partner for Colossus Pay's closed-loop stablecoin payment network built on Ethereum L2, alongside Frax Finance and Solayer Labs.

A wallet withdrew 23,637 ETH ($73M) from Kraken, with the wallet connected to BitMine accumulating 38,596 ETH in 2 days.

Football.fun's $FUN token launches on Kraken x Legion on December 16 as the second Kraken launch after $YB, with the fantasy sports app having generated $10M revenue in 3 months and received Base Ecosystem Fund investment.

Breakout Prop announces upcoming integration with Kraken Pro.

$RAVE token goes live on Kraken for spot trading.

$NIGHT from Midnight Network perpetual futures go live on Kraken Pro with up to 20x leverage.

Mark Greenberg, head of consumer at Kraken, announces plans to partner with xStocksFi to provide onchain stock yield opportunities and share revenue with users.

EU traders can now use BTC, ETH, and stablecoins as collateral to trade futures on Kraken Pro. A $200 fee credit promotion runs until December 16, 2025.

Kraken completed the acquisition of Backed Finance.

Kraken secured $500m in funding during Q3, representing one of the largest crypto VC deals of the quarter according to Galaxy research.

$SOLV from Solv Protocol launches on Kraken as a yield-bearing Bitcoin collateral token.

$RAVE trading starts December 12 at 14:00 UTC. $FUN token sale launches December 16 with immediate TGE listing. $US token launched on the exchange.

KindlyMD secures a $210M USDT loan from Kraken, backed by $323M in BTC, to repay its Antalpha debt and consolidate all borrowing to Kraken. Kraken Pro launches Unified Wallet that consolidates spot, margin and futures trading into a single wallet with $100 signup bonus and up to 50x leverage across 300+ pairs.

Nado DEX, built by Kraken's core engineering team as an internal initiative on Ink blockchain, operates in Private Alpha with $19.7M TVL, $500M daily trading volume, $100K daily fees, and over 1,300 users.

Kraken and Ink power Tydro's entire onchain lending and borrowing system using Aave's infrastructure as a whitelabeled instance.

$ADI token from ADIChain is now available for trading on the exchange.

Kraken CEO Arjun Sethi appointed to the new CFTC CEO Innovation Council to advise on derivatives markets, tokenization, perpetuals, prediction markets, and blockchain infrastructure.

Sports.fun ($FUN token) conducts ICO on Kraken and Legion platforms, with the project reporting $90M+ trading volume, $10M+ revenue, and 20K+ unique transacting users.

$FUN token lists on the exchange on Day 1, also listing on Coinbase.

Kraken provides $210M USDT loan to Nakamoto Holdings (KindlyMD subsidiary) at 8% annual fee with minimum $323.4M BTC collateral held in custody, maturing December 2026.

Trading competition offers 3 BTC grand prize plus BTC rewards for 110 other winners, with entries based on trading volume ($1 traded = 1 entry) and deadline of January 5th.

USDT on Plasma network goes live on the exchange.

Kraken partners with Deutsche Börse to connect crypto and traditional trading infrastructures for tokenized securities. Talus token ($US) lists on the exchange tomorrow.

LAVA token listing goes live for trading on the exchange. (Tweet IDs: 1998694180361519440, 1998697863660863506)

Kraken IPO anticipated for 2026.

GAME2 token listing goes live for trading.

KindlyMD enters $210 million USDT loan agreement with Kraken.

Kraken acquires Backed to tokenize equities, aiming to bring crypto trading advantages to equity markets according to Mark Greenberg.

Coinbase listing expected on day 1 for $FUN token launch alongside the previously announced listing. Airdrop farming for $FUN token currently active via NFL and Football products.

$STABLE and $NIGHT tokens go live on the platform for trading. Kraken participates in the 4th Non Fungible Leaders event focused on how stablecoins and crypto payments transform enterprise payment models.

$FUN token sale for football/NFL prediction markets app launches on Kraken; the platform generates $10M revenue and previous token sale on Kraken (YieldBasis) was 70x oversubscribed.

Trading for Almanak's AI Swarm starts December 11, providing access to AI-driven quantitative trading strategies.

$US token from Talus_Labs begins trading on December 11, an AI-first blockchain for autonomous agents connecting to crypto liquidity and prediction games.

Wallet originating from Ethereum Foundation deposits 5,748 ETH ($17.89M) into the exchange. $ADI token from ADIChain lists on the platform alongside Kucoin and Crypto.com.

Partnership announced with TravAI travel platform for integration and ADREC for real estate tokenization; stablecoin issued by FAB and IHC.

Top 10 xStocks now live on Kraken Pro for 24/7 trading, including TSLAx, NVDAx, AAPLx, and SPYx.

Kraken raises $500M in pre-IPO funding round in 2025, positioning among the largest crypto fundraises of the year.

Lists $NIGHT token from Midnight Network for trading on December 9 at 10 AM UTC; eligible Glacier Drop recipients receive NIGHT tokens credited to their accounts.

Kraken's spot trading volume grows from $360B to $446B as CEX spot volume reaches record $13.1T, while major competitors Binance and Bybit experience volume declines.

Kraken lists $ADI token for trading on December 9 at 12 PM UTC; the token powers ADIChain, an institutional L2 designed as settlement rails for UAE's dirham-backed stablecoin.

Kraken lists $LAVA token by Lava Network for trading on December 10 at 10:00 AM UTC.

Kraken lists $STABLE token for trading, the native token of Stable's USDT-only stablechain designed for real world payments and instant settlement.

Kraken Pro launches EU Crypto-Powered Perpetuals in November with $200 in fee-absorbing credits, expanded collateral options, and adds expert market insights and in-app news to Kraken Desktop.

Kraken backs Breakoutprop, a crypto funding platform that provides traders access to up to $100K in funding after passing evaluations. (ID: 1997935175398047973)

Kraken acquires Backed to scale tokenized stocks.

Kraken partners with Deutsche Börse to provide crypto and xStocksFi access to DB's institutional ecosystem, while Deutsche Börse provides FX liquidity to reinforce Kraken's offerings. (ID: 1997791089127018681)

Kraken runs advertising campaign through Uber during Art Basel event in Miami.

Kraken partners with Williams Racing for the 2025 F1 season.

Ink platform supports Nado perps trading and Tydro lending market as its primary functionalities. (ID: 1997509205540970543)

IPO planned for Q1. (ID: 1997399873834868811)

$ADI lists on December 9 as a day one listing, with the project launching as the first institutional L2 in MENA with government partnerships and over 50 enterprise projects.

Citadel, a major TradFi market maker, made a significant investment in Kraken in recent weeks.

Acquires BackedFi, launches 24/7 xStocks trading on Kraken Pro, and launches Kraken VIP Program.

Lava ($LAVA), an AI/data L1 project, lists on the exchange on December 10, marking its first major exchange listing. (ID: 1996990729877594315)

Acquires xStocks, expanding into tokenized equity offerings.