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Kraken

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95 articles decelerating

Kraken has appeared in 95 articles since 2018-01. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 13 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Coinbase, Binance, Bitcoin, SEC.

Articles
95
mentions
Velocity
-61.5%
growth rate
Acceleration
-2.215
velocity change
Sources
17
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-04-19
CoinDesk 14 related

Kraken parent company Payward agrees to acquire Bitnomial, a digital asset derivatives platform, for up to $550M in cash and stock, which values Payward at $20B

2026-04-18
CoinDesk 15 related

Kraken parent company Payward agrees to acquire Bitnomial, a digital asset derivatives platform, for up to $550M in cash and stock, which values Payward at $20B

2026-04-17
CoinDesk 16 related

Kraken parent company Payward agrees to acquire Bitnomial, a digital asset derivatives platform, for up to $550M in cash and stock, which values Payward at $20B

The deal gives Payward control of a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives stack, accelerating its expansion in regulated markets.

2026-01-20
Financial Times 6 related

The UK government plans to take a £25M stake in Octopus Energy's tech spin-off Kraken, last valued at $8.65B, in an effort to encourage Kraken to list in London

2025-10-16
Bloomberg 15 related

Kraken acquires US-licensed futures exchange Small Exchange from IG Group, for $32.5M in cash and $67.5M in Kraken parent company's Payward stock, before an IPO

Kraken has acquired a US-licensed futures exchange from IG Group as the crypto heavyweight seeks to broaden the range of products it can offer directly to US customers.

2025-07-21
Wall Street Journal 7 related

Blank check company Dynamix says it plans to merge with another entity to create Ether Machine, holding $1.5B in ether, backed by $800M+ from Kraken and others

The Ether Machine plans to manage over $1.5 billion of the second-largest cryptocurrency  —  Blank-check company Dynamix …

2025-03-22
Bloomberg 11 related

Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, the largest bitcoin and ether options trading platform, which was reportedly valued at $4B-$5B in January

and likely won't allow us to keep trading there. 😬😓 More than 70% of the total BTC options volume is traded on Deribit. [image] @tyler_did_it : Major acquisitions happening in the CEX space First Krak...

2025-03-20
Wall Street Journal 24 related

Crypto exchange Kraken acquires US retail futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5B, pending “purchase price adjustments”; NinjaTrader has 1.8M+ customers

NinjaTrader, a futures trading platform, would expand Kraken's offerings  —  The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken agreed …

2022-12-29
Bloomberg 23 related

Kraken plans to close its crypto exchange in Japan, operated by Payward Asia, on January 31, 2023, weeks after cutting 30% of its global workforce, or ~1,100

Bloomberg :

2022-12-28
Bloomberg 14 related

Kraken plans to close its cryptocurrency exchange services in Japan, operated by Payward Asia, on January 31, 2023, weeks after cutting its workforce by 30%

Kraken is closing its cryptocurrency exchange services in Japan as the company restructures to navigate the fallout from this year's meltdown in digital assets.

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 99 Techmeme articles mentioning Kraken, dating back to January 2016. The biggest stories include After the US court ruling, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US... and Kraken agrees to pay $30M and discontinue its crypto-asset staking products to settle SEC.... Frequently covered alongside Coinbase, Binance, SEC, Payward, and Bloomberg. Coverage has shifted toward developer, funding themes and away from consumer.

Key Moments

2024Q2consumer -80pts; funding +33pts; regulation -20pts
2025Q1enterprise +50pts; developer +50pts; funding -33pts
2025Q2enterprise -28pts; developer -50pts; consumer +67pts

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