Kraken, Polymarket and the Fan-Token Trade: How Crypto Muscled Into the 2026 World Cup
As New Zealand leads Egypt in Vancouver, FIFA's first official crypto exchange supporter, billions of dollars in prediction-market volume and a sharp Chiliz rally show digital assets have finally taken a seat at football's biggest table — carrying the same buy-the-rumor risk that burned traders in 2022.
Kraken Breaks Through: The Fed Opens Its Doors to Crypto — and the War Over Stablecoins Heats Up
On the morning of March 4, 2026, a quiet press release from a regional Federal Reserve bank in Kansas City detonated across the financial world like a depth charge. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City had done something it had never done before: granted a cryptocurrency firm direct access to the beating heart of the American financial system.
Kraken Australia – Expanding Downunder
Kraken is one of the OG global crypto exchanges, founded in 2011. In 2020 Kraken launched in Australia. Andy speaks to Kraken’s Aussie MD, Jonathon Miller.
Kraken continues expansion, acquiring trading platform Cryptowatch
The San Francisco-based bitcoin exchange Kraken recently purchased the popular Bitcoin market chart website Cryptowatch. The popular exchange now includes the distinctive charting interface as part of its website, with the added feature of being able to make trades directly on the page.
