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Kraken has flipped the switch on CFTC-regulated perpetual futures for eligible U.S. clients on Kraken Pro, finally giving domestic traders a regulated onramp to the contract type that drives the bulk of global crypto derivatives activity.
US perpetual futures are live on Kraken Pro.
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What's the Scoop?
- What's New: The new perps market now sits next to Kraken Pro's existing spot, margin, and CME-listed futures products in one trading view. These contracts have no expiration date and never need to be settled or rolled forward, so a trader can keep a leveraged long or short position open indefinitely without owning the underlying asset.
- How It Works: Traders can open perps positions on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK, DOGE, LTC, and AVAX at launch, with Kraken saying more assets and collateral options are coming. At 7pm, 3am, and 11am CT, longs and shorts swap funding payments depending on whether the perp price sits above or below spot.
- The Pathway: The new perps are listed on Bitnomial, a regulated exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage that Kraken's parent company Payward absorbed after closing its acquisition of the firm in May. This builds on Kraken's CME-listed futures launch in July 2025 and a margin trading rollout earlier this month, continuing the buildout of its Kraken Derivatives U.S. stack.
