{"id":94679,"date":"2026-02-25T12:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94679"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:10:19","slug":"kraken-introduces-24-7-perpetuals-on-gold-indices-and-tech-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kraken-introduces-24-7-perpetuals-on-gold-indices-and-tech-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken Introduces 24\/7 Perpetuals on Gold, Indices, and Tech Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched round-the-clock trading of perpetual futures on <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-tokenised-assets\">tokenized assets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">xStocks Perps just expanded.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24TSLAx&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$TSLAx<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24AAPLx&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$AAPLx<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24NVDAx&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$NVDAx<\/a> and more now trade 24\/7 on Kraken.<\/p>\n<p>Long or short, anytime.<\/p>\n<p>Click to trade <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xStocksFi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@xStocksFi<\/a> \u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kraken (@krakenfx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx\/status\/2026311156202123456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The instrument operates on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kraken.com\/news\/backed-acquisition\">xStocks platform by Backed Finance AG<\/a>. Traders now have access to 10 contracts, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>derivatives on gold;<\/li>\n<li>S&#038;P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices;<\/li>\n<li>securities of tech giants (Nvidia, Apple, Google, Tesla) and the Robinhood platform;<\/li>\n<li>shares of crypto companies \u2014 Strategy and Circle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Qualified investors from over 110 countries, excluding the United States, have access to the new instruments. The tokenized assets are fully backed by underlying contracts at a 1:1 ratio.<\/p>\n<p>Kraken&#8217;s Head of Consumer Business, Mark Greenberg, emphasized that the initiative adapts traditional finance to the 24\/7 nature of the crypto market. According to him, the perpetual futures format provides capital with the necessary speed, flexibility, and reliable risk management mechanisms.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Competition and Liquidity Provision<\/h2>\n<p>The exchange continues to expand its range of derivatives, erasing the traditional time boundaries of the stock market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similar round-the-clock trading of contracts on major company stocks has already been launched by platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/01\/06\/3213433\/0\/en\/BitMEX-Launches-Equity-Perps-for-24-7-Stock-Trading.html\">BitMEX<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/384493\/dominant-onchain-perps-exchange-lighter-rolls-out-24-5-equity-perps-trading\">Lighter<\/a>. However, Kraken emphasizes its exclusive use of regulated benchmarks.<\/p>\n<p>The company has not disclosed the name of its liquidity provider, but it is known for its close partnership with CME Group. Previously, exchange representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/373899\/kraken-expands-access-to-traditional-cme-contracts-like-oil-and-gold\">confirmed<\/a> that contracts from this platform form the basis of their products on indices, metals, energy resources, and fiat.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial Performance and IPO Preparation<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this month, Kraken Co-Head Arjun Sethi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/388312\/kraken-payward-adjusted-revenue-2025-diversifies-acquisitions-investments\">confirmed<\/a> the completion of the acquisition of Backed, the issuer of xStocks. At that time, the exchange reported adjusted revenue of $2.2 billion for 2025. Ahead of its <span data-descr=\"initial public offering of a private company's shares to a broad range of investors, marking its entry into the stock market\" class=\"old_tooltip\">IPO<\/span>, the company plans to build a universal trading ecosystem akin to Robinhood.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the platform filed a confidential application for an initial public offering. This was preceded by a funding round that <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/kraken-secures-800-million-valued-at-20-billion\">valued the company at $20 billion<\/a>. In January, a <span data-descr=\"Special Purpose Acquisition Company \u2014 a specialized company for targeted mergers and acquisitions\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SPAC<\/span> structure related to the exchange, KRAKacquisition, raised $345 million and successfully listed on Nasdaq.<\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of xStocks tokenized shares, trading volumes <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/xstocks-tokenized-stock-trading-volume-surpasses-25-billion\">have reached $25 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched round-the-clock trading of perpetual futures on tokenized assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Kraken launches 24\/7 perpetual futures on tokenized assets.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[609,536,193,1221],"class_list":["post-94679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-futures","tag-gold","tag-kraken","tag-stocks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"149","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Kraken launches 24\/7 perpetual futures on tokenized assets.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94679","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=94679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94681,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94679\/revisions\/94681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}