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Podcast: Unchained
Episode: How Kraken Plans to Dominate Tokenization and Perps in 2026 and Beyond
Description: As crypto markets mature, Kraken is transforming from a trading venue into a multi-asset infrastructure platform.Â
Co-CEO Arjun Sethi joins to break down the exchange’s expansive strategy: building a vertically integrated derivatives business, pioneering tokenized equities with xStocks, and launching a purpose-built layer 2 chain, Ink, to bridge regulated finance and open DeFi.
Sethi also explains how Kraken responded to the Black Friday crash, the firm’s ADL and margin policies, and what Kraken wants from U.S. policymakers in 2025. Plus: how Kraken's acquisitions of NinjaTrader and Small Exchange could reshape U.S. derivatives, and why t...