Washington State: Kraken is open for business!
Washington State residents can now create accounts, trade and access the full suite of our crypto services.
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News
Announcing U.S. regulated derivatives, creating unified access to futures and crypto spot markets
U.S.-based clients can now trade CME-listed cryptocurrency futures contracts alongside our market-leading spot crypto liquidity.
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Kraken expands access across LATAM, launching local funding in Argentina and Mexico
Deepening our investment in Latin America, we are rolling out local currency funding in Argentina and Mexico, two of the region’s most active crypto markets. This expansion reflects our ongoing commitment to building trusted, compliant and localized infrastructure to support crypto adoption across the globe....
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Strengthening sanctions compliance: Building for scale and trust
At Kraken, we’re committed to building a secure and trusted platform for our clients. Over the past few years, we’ve significantly strengthened our global compliance framework – investing deeply in the people, processes and systems that keep our platform secure. We recently reached a key...
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Why we’re launching Krak
We built and launched the Krak app because the financial system has been stuck in the past, and we think it's time to do something about it.
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Kraken cements European leadership with MiCA license from Central Bank of Ireland
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken has secured a license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). This marks a pivotal milestone in our European expansion, unlocking the ability to scale faster across the region by...
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Industry News
Succession at the US Federal Reserve: a policy inflection point
Leadership transition at the US Federal Reserve may be the single most important variable for risk assets in 2026, but the market is treating it as an afterthought.
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Kraken earns multiple Australian crypto award wins in 2026
We continued our winning streak in Australia, taking home top recognition across two of the country's most respected industry award programs: Finder's Product Awards 2026 and WeMoney's 2026 Cryptocurrency Awards.
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Introducing The Crypto Closeout: live markets, real traders, every Sunday at 7 p.m. ET
If you've ever wished your Sunday nights came with a proper market rundown before the week kicks off, we've got something for you.
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Announcing the Kraken CLI: the best crypto trading tool built for AI agents
We believe the next evolution of financial infrastructure won't just be driven by humans clicking buttons or developers writing API wrappers. It will be driven by autonomous AI agents.
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20 million bitcoins mined: why Bitcoin’s fixed supply cap still matters
By Thomas Perfumo, Kraken Chief Economist Bitcoin just minted its 20 millionth coin. With only 1 million left to mine – and those spread across more than a century of halvings to come – the supply of Bitcoin is, for all practical purposes, effectively fixed....
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Remote isn’t a perk. It’s how Kraken operates.
A borderless market requires a borderless way of working. Kraken’s fully asynchronous model keeps work advancing across regions while reinforcing trust, accountability and real connection.
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