Kraken reported $648 million in Q3 revenue, up 114% year-over-year and 50% quarter-over-quarter, according to the company’s earnings report released on Wednesday after the 0 EBITDA hit $178.6 million, up 124% from last quarter, with margins rising to 27.6%. That’s a 9-point 1 said it achieved this while keeping costs tight and still pushing growth across every corner of the 2 platform transaction volume hit $561.9 billion, a 23% increase, while assets on platform jumped 34% to $59.3 3 exchange said it closed the quarter with 5.2 million funded accounts, continuing to build what it calls “a global community of active traders.” Kraken pushes deeper into derivatives and tokenized stocks After buying NinjaTrader earlier this year, Kraken went harder on 4 clocked 741,000 futures DARTs (daily average revenue trades) in Q3, 42% more than 5 deal gave Kraken more muscle in the segment, but it didn’t stop 6 week, it bought Small Exchange, a CFTC-licensed Designated Contract Market, giving it direct market access in the 7 acquisition lays the groundwork for its U.
S.-native futures 8 July, Kraken launched a new product called xStocks in partnership with 9 gives 10 access to 60 tokenized 11 can be traded anytime, from anywhere, across multiple chains; Solana, Ethereum, and 12 built the product to avoid platform 13 flows across 14 company says the goal is to combine DeFi mechanics with regulated 15 xStocks network now includes Bybit, Phantom, OKX Wallet, and Wallet in 16 said xStocks already hit $5 billion in combined volume on CEXs and DEXs, with $1 billion in on-chain transactions and over 37,000 17 can trade xStocks through Kraken Pro or the Kraken Consumer 18 September, Kraken opened access to EU-based clients, where usage reportedly ramped 19 rolls out pro tools and expands access Kraken launched CME-listed futures tied to Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana, with 0.5 basis point 20 let users trade regulated crypto futures alongside their spot 21 also acquired Capitalise.
ai, a no-code automation 22 it, traders can build and run strategies using plain 23 acquisition, Breakout, gives advanced users access to $200,000 in notional capital and 90% profit retention through Kraken 24 firm boosted institutional products 25 was chosen by several digital asset treasury firms for custody and trading this 26 also became the first major exchange to fully deploy distributed validator technology (DVT) across its Ethereum staking setup, using the SSV Network 27 said this strengthens the decentralization of its validator 28 users saw changes 29 added local deposit options in Argentina and Mexico, and rolled out PayPal support for USD 30 also launched Kraken Launch, a platform for new token 31 tool gives users early access to tokens and helps connect developers with 32 also maintained a 60%+ share of stablecoin/fiat spot trading volume in 33 number held steady as the GENIUS Act passed, giving stablecoins more regulatory 34 of September 30, 2025, Kraken completed another Proof of Reserves 35 can now check their balances were included, with independent validation by a third-party 36 started these audits before it became the norm.
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