{"id":22280,"date":"2025-03-20T19:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kraken-agrees-to-acquire-ninjatrader-for-1-5-billion\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:15:57","slug":"kraken-agrees-to-acquire-ninjatrader-for-1-5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kraken-agrees-to-acquire-ninjatrader-for-1-5-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken Agrees to Acquire NinjaTrader for $1.5 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has reached an agreement to acquire the futures trading platform NinjaTrader. The deal is valued at $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? MASSIVE NEWS ?<\/p>\n<p>Kraken is acquiring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NinjaTrader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NinjaTrader<\/a> for $1.5B, locking in the largest TradFi + crypto deal ever.<\/p>\n<p>Another huge milestone on our road to becoming the world\u2019s go-to platform for trading anything, anytime, anywhere. <\/p>\n<p>More details ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pdv5hiAAub\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pdv5hiAAub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx\/status\/1902677547730772476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the acquisition will bolster the exchange&#8217;s position as a 24\/7 technological platform designed for professional traders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis deal is the first step in realizing our vision of an institutional-grade platform where any asset can be traded at any time,\u201d the announcement states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NinjaTrader was founded in 2003. It provides tools for futures trading and is registered with the <span data-descr=\"U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CFTC<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Bloomberg sources reported Kraken&#8217;s plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/kraken-considers-ipo-amid-regulatory-shifts\">go public<\/a> in the first quarter of 2026 amid changes in cryptocurrency market regulation in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has reached an agreement to acquire the futures trading platform NinjaTrader. The deal is valued at $1.5 billion. ? MASSIVE NEWS ? Kraken is acquiring @NinjaTrader for $1.5B, locking in the largest TradFi + crypto deal ever. Another huge milestone on our road to becoming the world\u2019s go-to platform for trading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-22280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-kraken"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"32","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}