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In brief Thailand’s SEC proposes easing knowledge test rules for retail crypto investors, allowing them to skip repeat tests if already passed, replacing the current 3-month retesting requirement. New rules would mandate suitability tests for all digital token investors, reviewed every two years, to ensure alignment between investor risk tolerance and product risk. The proposed…
March 11, 2025 | News Traders need deep liquidity, precision execution and seamless access to the market. That’s why Kraken OTC is evolving: We’ve lowered our minimum trade size to $50,000 and enhanced trade history visibility. Active traders now have easier access to institutional-grade liquidity, along with more control and efficiency. Lower minimum trade size…
Our FIX API for derivatives trading is a significant addition to our suite of API solutions. Designed specifically to cater to the needs of professional and institutional clients, our new API facilitates seamless integration with our derivatives trading engine. Built on the industry-standard FIX 4.4 protocol, our implementation ensures compatibility with existing trading systems while…
January 15, 2025 | Pro Kraken OTC clients can now access the features and trading functionality they love from the OTC Portal within the Kraken Pro app. Kraken OTC is excited to announce our request-for-quote (RFQ) feature is now available in the Kraken Pro app. With RFQ, you avoid the hassle of navigating fast-moving and…
January 9, 2025 | Industry News We were selected as one of the partners for the distribution of funds to former clients of FTX. Since these payouts will be in U.S. dollars, we want to minimize the cost of reinvesting that money into crypto for those who decide to put their trust in us. New…
December 16, 2024 | News We have entered into an agreement with FTX Trading Ltd. (“FTX”) and its affiliated debtors (the “FTX Debtors”) to assist in distributing recoveries to retail customers in supported jurisdictions in accordance with the U.S. bankruptcy court-approved FTX Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. To ensure clients receive funds when distribution starts,…
Our latest Proof of Reserves covered the most widely held cryptocurrencies on the platform: BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, and XRP. It included the spot positions, open margin positions, futures balances and on-chain staked amounts of eligible assets (ETH and SOL). In total, this most recent attestation – which became available on Kraken on November…
We’re thrilled to announce that Big Time (BIGTIME), Drift Protocol (DRIFT) and Portal (PORTAL) are now available on Kraken! Funding and trading BIGTIME, DRIFT and PORTAL funding starts now and trading will be live on June 20. Add your tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Make…
We’re thrilled to announce that Beam (BEAM) is now available on Kraken! Important: Kraken will not be supporting the migration of MC tokens to BEAM. If you hold MC tokens and wish to migrate them, please follow the instructions provided in this tutorial and FAQ: Beam Token Migration Tutorial and FAQ. Alternatively, you can directly…
The following pairs are now available to trade via RFQ within the OTC Portal: Base assetPairAPTAUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, USD, USDC, USDTARBAUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, USD, USDC, USDTINJAUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, USDC, USDTTIAAUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, USD, USDC, USDT Here’s what you need to know about APT, ARB, INJ and TIA: Aptos (APT) is a…
