Kraken
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TW Score
4.8/10Long-standing US crypto exchange offering spot, margin and futures with strong security and deep fiat pairs.
Score breakdown
- License
- 3.1
- Regulatory
- 3.0
- Business
- 7.5
- Software
- 9.0
- Risk
- 8.0
- Community
- No reviews yet
Pros and cons
Pros
- Long track record (since 2011)
Cons
- No market-conduct regulator (registration-level oversight only)
- Narrow market coverage (single asset class)
Regulation
| Authority | License | Country | Status | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FinCEN | — | US | Active | Search register ↗ |
| MSB | — | US | Active | — |
Licence numbers as published by the broker — not yet checked against the register.
At a glance
- Platforms
- WEB, MOBILE, PROPRIETARY
- Assets
- crypto
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- Founded
- 2011
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