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Thankful for futures trading: Join Kraken’s U.S. Turkey Trading Competition

Trade, win and feast This Thanksgiving, we’re serving up more than ￰0￱ Nov. 3–14, all Kraken Derivatives US clients can join our Turkey Trading Competition — with a $50,000 prize pool and even a turkey for the top trader (yes, really). Opt in and place your first trade; every position counts toward your leaderboard ￰1￱ in to the competition now Why trade ￰2￱ with Kraken Kraken Derivatives US gives you direct access to regulated CME crypto futures through NinjaTrader ￰3￱ micro-sized bitcoin, ether and SOL contracts, as well as tradfi futures (such as stocks S&P 500, NASDAQ, gold, oil, natural gas and more ) with flexibility, capital efficiency and professional-grade risk ￰4￱ real-time margining, transparent pricing and daily settlement , ￰5￱ are built to help you go long or short with confidence — all from your existing Kraken ￰6￱ that satisfy Leaderboard Prizes Rank Prizes 1 5,000 USD 2 3,000 USD 3 2,000 USD 4-10 1,500 USD 11-50 400 USD 51-100 170 USD 101-200 50 USD Plus a guaranteed incentive All clients who opt in and place one trade get $20.

How to join Opt-in via the competition page Place at least one futures trade during Nov. 3-14 Track your rank live on the competition page leaderboard Scores are calculated fairly: Realized PNL ÷ Notional Traded , rounded to 3 decimals. (Liquidation fees won’t count against you.) Don’t miss out Whether you’re chasing the $5,000 top prize (and your turkey ) or just starting your futures journey, this is your chance to learn, trade and ￰7￱ a Kraken client yet? Create your account and get verified to Intermediate or Pro ￰8￱ in to the competition now These materials are for general information purposes only and are not investment advice or a recommendation or solicitation to buy, sell, stake, or hold any cryptoasset or to engage in any specific trading ￰9￱ makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, suitability or validity of any such information and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its display or ￰10￱ does not and will not work to increase or decrease the price of any particular cryptoasset it makes ￰11￱ crypto products and markets are regulated and others are unregulated; regardless, Kraken may or may not be required to be registered or otherwise authorised to provide specific products and services in each market, and you may not be protected by government compensation and/or regulatory protection ￰12￱ unpredictable nature of the crypto-asset markets can lead to loss of ￰13￱ may be payable on any return and/or on any increase in the value of your cryptoassets and you should seek independent advice on your taxation ￰14￱ restrictions may ￰15￱ Legal Disclosures for each jurisdiction here .

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