It’s been an unimaginable launch 12 months for Kraken Institutional. We’re already gearing up for a good larger and higher 2025, with thrilling new merchandise and initiatives designed to ship much more worth to our institutional shoppers.
Wanting again on the previous 12 months, we’re happy with the progress we’ve made in increasing our suite of institutional-grade crypto options. A number of the key highlights from our 12 months embrace:
Launching Kraken Institutional
On February 27, 2024 we launched our complete platform designed particularly for establishments wanting so as to add digital belongings to their portfolios. Our full suite of crypto instruments present the infrastructure and help they should navigate the complicated world of institutional crypto.
Debuting certified custody
Our purpose-built digital asset custody answer gives our shoppers with the distinctive safety, transparency and regulatory compliance necessities institutional shoppers demand.
Reaching new all-time highs for Kraken futures buying and selling quantity
As our derivatives enterprise reached all-time excessive volumes in 2024, we rebranded our regulated providing as Kraken MTF. This enabled us to offer our shoppers with much more subtle buying and selling instruments and devices, additional solidifying our place as a pacesetter within the institutional crypto area.
Increasing the attain of OTC RFQ
Our RFQ consumer base has grown 50% in the identical interval, due to the OTC workforce’s steady enhancements to our automated OTC buying and selling characteristic to make sure it meets the wants of our HNWI and institutional shoppers.
Kraken Institutional’s 2024 development by the numbers
Key statistics exhibit the momentum we’ve constructed this 12 months:
- 142% YoY spot quantity development: Our spot buying and selling volumes have seen explosive development, with a 142% enhance year-over-year.
- 57% YoY stables quantity development: Our stables volumes have additionally seen vital development, with a 57% enhance year-over-year.
- OTC quantity and consumer development: Our OTC volumes have additionally skilled vital development, with 54% enhance year-over-year.
- Futures quantity development: Our futures volumes have seen a 513% enhance year-over-year.
- 300+ asset pairings: We added 124 new listings to our platform, bringing our complete variety of asset pairings to over 300.
Neighborhood engagement and thought management
We’ve additionally been dedicated to partaking with the broader institutional crypto group, collaborating in over 20 main occasions and conferences all year long, together with the Digital Asset Summit and Change.
We hosted the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, which supplied a singular alternative for business leaders to return collectively and share their insights and experience. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be sponsoring this occasion once more in 2025.
As we glance to the longer term, we’re excited to construct on the momentum we’ve established in 2024. With a packed roadmap of latest merchandise and initiatives, we’re assured that 2025 will probably be a good larger and higher 12 months for Kraken Institutional. Keep tuned for extra updates, and thanks once more in your partnership and help.
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