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What is Kraken?

Kraken is listed in our directory under exchanges. Long-running exchange with a custodial default and its own staking products. In 2023 its operators paid $30 million to settle SEC charges over its US staking programme, without admitting or denying them; in 2022 it paid $362,158.70 to OFAC over apparent Iran sanctions violations; in 2024 an Australian court ordered its local operator, Bit Trade, to pay A$8 million for issuing a margin product unlawfully.

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Kraken exchange Official site: www.kraken.com (listed as the official site by CoinGecko and the Cryptominium directory)

2 projects use the name kraken. A name is not unique, and a project can share its name with another that is nothing like it: go by the official site, not the name. Listed here because public registries list it. This is not a review.

Coins we know of, but do not track

Kraken KRAKEN On Ink

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Kraken Long-running exchange with a custodial default and its own staking products. In 2023 its operators paid $30 million to settle SEC charges over its US staking programme, without admitting or denying them; in 2022 it paid $362,158.70 to OFAC over apparent Iran sanctions violations; in 2024 an Australian court ordered its local operator, Bit Trade, to pay A$8 million for issuing a margin product unlawfully.

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