Kraken Crypto News

Following the initial rollout in Wallet on Telegram, xStocks is planned to expand across the self-custodial solution, TON Wallet, in Q4 2025.

The reported funding round comes amid earlier indications that the crypto exchange is preparing for a potential public offering.

Ethereum co-founder Jeffrey Wilcke seemingly still holds hundreds of millions worth of Ether across multiple wallets.

Kraken committed $2 million to Freedom Fund PAC and America First Digital, citing a need to defend crypto users’ rights in the US.

While Kraken said that the partnership opens up stocks for 200 million users, others said that geographical restrictions exist.

Atkins signaled a departure from the enforcement-first approach of the SEC during Gensler’s leadership, including preliminary notices prior to enforcement actions.

Kraken has rolled out Backed’s xStocks in Europe, becoming the latest company to offer tokenized stocks in the region after Gemini and Robinhood.

Crypto bosses say the government now needs to bring in clear rules, so regulators and banks can distinguish the good from the bad actors.

The deal expands Kraken’s trading infrastructure push following its $1.5 billion NinjaTrader acquisition in May 2025.

Coinbase will launch a futures product later this month that will give exposure to the top seven US tech stocks alongside Bitcoin and Ether ETFs.

Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, a16z and others pressed the Senate to add explicit protections for developers and non-custodial services in the market structure bill.

Animoca Brands has partnered with Antler’s Ibex Japan to launch a Web3 fund aimed at bringing Japan’s anime and manga IP onchain.

The meeting came as global regulators and traditional exchange associations have urged the SEC to crack down on tokenized stocks.

The Beacon Network is an “end-to-end kill chain for illicit crypto assets, moving from detection to action in minutes rather than days,” TRM Labs said.

Kraken’s acquisition will add natural-language trading automation to its Pro platform, as exchanges, miners and analytics companies move aggressively into AI.