{"id":74071,"date":"2026-06-15T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/kraken-pro-adds-us-perpetual-futures-for-eligible-clients-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:00:45","slug":"kraken-pro-adds-us-perpetual-futures-for-eligible-clients-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/kraken-pro-adds-us-perpetual-futures-for-eligible-clients-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken Pro Adds US Perpetual Futures for Eligible Clients \u2013 Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Kraken added U.S. perpetual futures on June 15 through Kraken Pro.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Bitnomial brings CFTC licenses to a perps market that topped $60T in 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Kraken Pro now lets eligible U.S. traders manage perps, futures and spot.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cheyenne, Wyoming-based exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/kraken-unlocks-us-listed-ipo-access-for-retail-crypto-users-across-100-countries\/\">Kraken<\/a> disclosed Monday that U.S. clients can now trade perpetual futures with no expiry alongside spot, margin and futures. For active traders, that means less tab juggling, fewer collateral headaches and one less excuse to maintain a half-dozen exchange accounts like a crypto-era circus act.<\/p>\n<h2>Perps Come Onshore<\/h2>\n<p>Perpetual futures, often called perps, are derivative contracts that allow traders to speculate on an asset\u2019s price without an expiration date. Unlike traditional futures, they do not require traders to roll positions when a contract expires.<\/p>\n<p>That feature has made perps a dominant force in <span>crypto<\/span> markets. Kraken said perpetuals accounted for more than $60 trillion in global <span>trading volume<\/span> in 2025, reflecting how central the product has become for traders chasing <span>liquidity<\/span>, <span>leverage<\/span> and continuous market exposure.<\/p>\n<p>The catch, at least for U.S. traders, has been access. The U.S. market has historically been boxed out of much of the global perps trade, while offshore venues turned the product into a <span>liquidity<\/span> magnet.<\/p>\n<p>Kraken is now trying to drag that market onshore, with perpetual futures offered through Bitnomial, the CFTC-licensed derivatives business <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/kraken-parent-payward-enters-550m-deal-to-acquire-bitnomial-accelerating-regulated-us-crypto-derivatives-push\/\">acquired<\/a> earlier this year by Payward, Kraken\u2019s parent company.<\/p>\n<h2>One Account, One Counterparty<\/h2>\n<p>Bitnomial holds U.S. derivatives licenses across exchange, clearinghouse and brokerage operations, giving Kraken the regulatory structure to offer eligible U.S. clients perpetual futures inside the CFTC\u2019s perimeter.<\/p>\n<p>The practical pitch is simple: Traders can manage spot, margin, futures and perpetuals in Kraken Pro, while using one pool of collateral across futures and perps. In plain English, less capital gets parked in exchange limbo, and more of it can stay active.<\/p>\n<p>Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of Payward and Kraken, said the point is to put the full trading stack in one place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpot, margin, futures and now perpetuals all live in the same account at Kraken,\u201d Sethi remarked, adding that traders are better off dealing with one trusted venue than \u201ca dozen they have to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Palmer, Kraken\u2019s global head of derivatives, framed the launch as a fix for fragmented trading.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor traders, the friction was never just getting access to perpetuals, but being forced to hold them on one venue and the rest of the book on another,\u201d Palmer explained.<\/p>\n<h2>What Traders Need to Know<\/h2>\n<p>Perpetuals remain powerful, but they are not a toy for the bored and overleveraged. Funding rates help keep perp prices close to spot markets, with longs typically paying shorts when the perp trades above spot, and shorts paying longs when it trades below spot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_823313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-823313\" style=\"width:1672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-823313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In perpetual futures, longs profit when the price rises (by buying contracts) while shorts profit when the price falls (by selling contracts), with no expiration date and funding rates keeping the perpetual price aligned with spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-leverage-in-crypto-trading\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leverage<\/a> can amplify gains, but it can also vaporize margin quickly. A trader using 10x <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-leverage-in-crypto-trading\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leverage<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a> can see a small market move turn into a very large problem with ugly speed.<\/p>\n<p>Kraken\u2019s launch gives U.S. traders a regulated venue for a product that has long defined global <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> derivatives. The opportunity is greater access. The risk is the same old perps lesson: The market does not care how confident anyone feels.<\/p>\n<p>Perpetual futures with no expiry are available now to eligible U.S. clients on Kraken Pro, though eligibility and product access vary by jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/no-more-venue-hopping-kraken-pro-adds-us-perpetual-futures-for-eligible-clients\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Kraken added U.S. perpetual futures on June 15 through Kraken Pro. Bitnomial brings CFTC licenses to a perps market that topped $60T in 2025. Kraken Pro now lets eligible U.S. traders manage perps, futures and spot. The Cheyenne, Wyoming-based exchange Kraken disclosed Monday that U.S. clients [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":74072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}