Kraken

Kraken is a digital asset and trading technology company established in 2011, operating a cryptocurrency trading platform and supporting tools. The platform offers trading products such as spot, margin, and futures/perpetual contracts; provides multi-currency deposit/withdrawal and OTC bulk trading services focused on fund and asset management; and offers Kraken Pro, a professional trading interface, open REST/WebSocket/API data and trading capabilities, as well as qualified custody provided by Kraken Financial, aimed at professional and institutional scenarios. The company has also launched the self-custody multi-chain wallet Kraken Wallet, designed to connect to DeFi, NFTs, and various Web3 applications; in terms of transparency, it has long published asset reserve proofs based on Merkle trees and provides users with self-verification tools. In addition to trading and custody, Kraken has also ventured into payment and consumer products in recent years (such as the P2P payment application Krak). It positions itself as a comprehensive digital asset service provider with a focus on "trading + tools + custody/infrastructure."