Kraken News

Kraken’s parent company, Payward, has applied for a national trust bank charter in the United States as crypto firms push deeper into regulated finance. The application, filed with the Office...

Crypto exchange Kraken faces fresh scrutiny after promoting strong anti-fraud efforts while facing new allegations tied to a controversial token listing. The tension highlights a growing gap between industry cooperation...

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, has agreed to acquire Bitnomial in a deal worth up to $550 million in cash and stock, giving the exchange group a fully CFTC-licensed...

Deutsche Börse, a German exchange operator, has announced the acquisition of a $200 million stake in Kraken, a leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange. According to reports, Deutsche Börse purchased existing Kraken...

Deutsche Börse AG has taken a significant step deeper into the crypto sector, investing $200 million in Payward Inc., the parent company of Kraken. The deal gives the German exchange...

Kraken is dealing with an extortion attempt tied to insider-related security incidents, according to Chief Security Officer Nick Percoco. In an X post on Monday, he said a criminal group...

US lawmaker Maxine Waters has raised questions over the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s decision to approve a special account for Kraken Financial. The approval allows Kraken, a Wyoming-chartered Special Purpose...

Kraken’s banking arm has secured access to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s core payment infrastructure, marking a major development in the relationship between digital asset companies and the traditional banking system....

Kraken and Deutsche Börse have struck a strategic partnership that aims to connect digital assets with traditional finance in a more integrated structure. The collaboration introduces a broad framework designed...

Crypto exchange Kraken formally agreed to acquire Backed Finance AG on Tuesday, executing a strategic pivot to own the infrastructure behind the booming tokenized asset sector. The deal brings the...

Kraken has secured one of the largest funding rounds in the current crypto cycle. The exchange raised $800 million, achieving a confirmed valuation of $20 billion. This milestone arrives alongside...

Kraken has officially begun the process to go public. The U.S. crypto exchange announced it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the Securities and Exchange...

Kraken has announced an $800 million capital raise across two tranches to accelerate its strategy of bringing traditional financial products on-chain. The primary tranche was led by institutional investors, including...

The Department of Justice has quietly closed its two-year investigation into Jesse Powell, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. The move comes after federal agents raided his home and seized...

Kraken, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, is preparing to roll out tokenized versions of over 50 U.S.-listed stocks and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). This ambitious initiative, dubbed xStocks,...

Leading crypto exchange Kraken has released its 2024 Transparency Report.  It shows a big 38.6% increase in global law enforcement and regulatory data requests compared to 2023. Specifically, the company...

The co-founder of leading cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, Jesse Powell, took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce a lawsuit that he has filed against a high-end apartment building’s co-op in San...

A federal judge presiding over the SEC’s case against Kraken has echoed the reasoning in the SEC v. Ripple decision, emphasizing the distinction between the crypto assets themselves and the...

Kraken has officially commenced the distribution process for claims related to the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, according to Sunil FTX creditor activist  Creditors who chose Kraken to handle their claims...

FTX came out strong against Backpack’s takeover of FTX EU and how it said funds would be given to FTX EU customers. This happened because Backpack made claims that worried...

The European crypto market changed dramatically, with euro-denominated trading volumes reaching a multi-year high of nearly €50 billion in November 2024, according to Kaiko’s Research report. Exchanges like Bitvavo and...

FTX’s court-approved Chapter 11 plan takes effect on January 3, 2025; a major step forward in the exchange’s recovery efforts. FTX will distribute $12 billion in Q1 2025 through BitGo...

A Pepe Coin (PEPE) whale just deposited 356.2 billion PEPE tokens—worth $7.3 million—to Kraken. This whale was able to make a 31x return on their initial investment. Spotonchain data shows...

Kraken, the second-largest U.S.-based crypto exchange, revealed plans to potentially list 19 tokens, including notable assets such as BNB, DYDX, and meme coins like DOGS and GOAT. The exchange outlined...

California Judge William Orrick has denied Kraken’s request to appeal a prior decision that allowed the U.S. SEC lawsuit against the crypto exchange to move forward. In a November 18...