Kraken

Founded in 2011, Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange serving 9m+ traders across 200+ digital assets, with products spanning spot and futures trading, desktop and pro platforms, and custody.

Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011, making it one of the longest-established firms in digital assets. The company serves well over 9 million traders and institutions and supports more than 200 digital assets alongside eight fiat currencies: GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, JPY, CHF, AED and AUD. Its engineering work spans exchange technology, spot and margin trading, regulated derivatives, index services, digital asset custody, financial infrastructure and security.

Products built and operated by the company include Kraken Pro, a professional trading platform; Kraken Desktop, a desktop trading application; Kraken Wallet, for holding digital assets; and Kraken Futures, a regulated derivatives offering. The technical domains listed above cover both customer-facing trading systems and the underlying custody, indexing and security infrastructure.

Kraken is a fully remote organisation. Employees, known as Krakenites, are located in more than 70 countries and speak over 50 languages. The company is based in the United States and describes its mission as accelerating the global adoption of cryptocurrency to promote financial freedom and inclusion, with stated commitments to security, crypto education and client support.