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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Kraken is moving to launch regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures for eligible U.S. clients within 30 days, joining a fast-moving race to bring offshore-style crypto derivatives under American oversight. Kraken Bitcoin perpetual futures are planned for eligible U.S. institutional clients. The contracts are expected to trade through Kraken Pro and list on Bitnomial Exchange. Payward, Kraken’s […]
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Kraken’s parent company, Payward, posted a quarter that says a lot about where crypto exchange revenue is headed: less dependence on spot trading, more weight on derivatives, institutional flow, and a broader financial stack. Even with Bitcoin down 22% and industry spot volume falling 38%, the company still managed to grow. $507 million in adjusted […]
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Kraken’s parent company, Payward, posted a surprisingly solid Q1 2026, growing adjusted revenue 3% year-on-year to $507 million even as the crypto market got dragged through a hedge fund’s worst nightmare. Q1 2026 adjusted revenue: $507 million, up 3% year-on-year Derivatives trading: daily average revenue trades jumped 51% Spot market share: rose to 5.2% from […]
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Kraken drops LayerZero for Chainlink CCIP in a wrapped Bitcoin security shift Kraken is phasing out LayerZero and moving its wrapped asset infrastructure to Chainlink CCIP, a move that puts security, compliance, and risk controls ahead of convenience. The exchange says the switch will cover Kraken Wrapped Bitcoin (kBTC) and future wrapped assets, signaling that […]
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