Kraken

About Kraken

Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011 that serves both individual retail users and institutional clients, offering spot trading, futures, margin trading, and staking across a broad range of digital assets. The platform operates several distinct product tiers: a consumer-facing app for straightforward buying and converting of crypto, a Kraken Pro interface for advanced trading with access to lower fee schedules, and an institutional suite covering OTC execution, custody, and prime services. A companion product called Krak functions as a spending and payments wallet, allowing users to send, spend, and grow cash and crypto holdings. Institutional clients including asset managers, hedge funds, corporations, ETP issuers, and governments are served through dedicated exchange, OTC, staking, and custody offerings accessible via API.

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PULSE

last updated 31 Oct 2026

Current state across team, hiring, social, web and news.

TEAM SIZE

around 1,190category median 30

estimated · weekly

TRACKED OPEN ROLES

59eng 17 · mktg 11 · legal 9

jobs pipeline · daily

X FOLLOWERS

1.7M▼5,326 · 30d

X · daily

WEB AUTHORITY

7251,182 referring domains

web data · monthly

NEWS MENTIONS

8030d

news pipeline · daily

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News mentions

80 in 30d

30 OCT 26Kraken outage affects Spot and derivatives trading – Here’s what happenedAMBCrypto 30 OCT 26Crypto exchange security in 2026: 5 platforms comparedqz.com 30 OCT 26Kraken Trading Outage Freezes Access for an Hour as Crypto Traders Report Stuck FundsYahoo Finance

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