What category is Kraken in?

Kraken is classified under exchanges. It is also tagged with: cex, institutional, staking, fiat, crypto-card, payments.

What is the Kraken project website?

The recorded project destination for Kraken is kraken.com.

Kraken

Q: What is Kraken?

Exchange and institutional venue. Long-running exchange with retail, pro trading, staking, OTC, institutional, and everyday-money services. Kraken Card connects eligible UK, EEA, and US customers to cash and crypto balances through jurisdiction-specific Kraken entities and issuers: Monavate issues the UK and EEA Mastercard programs, while the current US program is a Visa. Crypto is converted to fiat at purchase and a variable spread can apply, so zero card transaction fees do not mean zero conversion cost.

Exchange and institutional venue

CompanyExchanges & BrokeragesPartially verified

Long-running exchange with retail, pro trading, staking, OTC, institutional, and everyday-money services. Kraken Card connects eligible UK, EEA, and US customers to cash and crypto balances through jurisdiction-specific Kraken entities and issuers: Monavate issues the UK and EEA Mastercard programs, while the current US program is a Visa. Crypto is converted to fiat at purchase and a variable spread can apply, so zero card transaction fees do not mean zero conversion cost.

Official site Rank project View location

Ecosystems

Multi-chain, Krak, Mastercard, Visa, Bitcoin, Stablecoins

Location

No documented fixed point

Type

Company

References

Where Kraken operates

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No documented physical location

The record currently has distributed scope. No point is shown until a location source is available.

DistributedGlobal

Kraken

No fixed headquarters

Kraken says it is remote-first and fully asynchronous, with opportunity not concentrated in offices. The former generic San Francisco headquarters pin is removed.

How Kraken operates remotelyVerified 2026-08-24

How Kraken fits

A quick read based only on the facts recorded in this profile.

What it is

Exchange and institutional venue

Connects with

Multi-chainKrakMastercard

Focus

cexinstitutionalstakingfiat

Ecosystem network

Multi-chainKrakMastercardVisaBitcoinStablecoinscexinstitutionalstakingfiatcrypto-card

Documented connections

Payward, Inc., the legal company behind Kraken, completed its acquisition of Reap in July 2026; Reap remains a standalone brand.

Relationship documented by the official source.

Related to

Kraken Europe

Kraken's EEA terms identify Payward Europe Solutions Limited as the separately authorized Irish CASP for defined EEA services.

Relationship documented by the official source.

Uses infrastructure from

Monavate

Krak Card terms identify Monavate as UK issuer and UAB Monavate as EEA issuer for Kraken's card programme.

Relationship documented by the official source.

Parent company of

Krak

Krak's official terms identify it as an affiliated Payward/Kraken money-app brand rather than a separate exchange company.

Relationship documented by the official source.

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Channels, identity and sources

Public name: Kraken
Legal name: Payward, Inc.
Founded: 2011
Status: Active

Official channels and media

Official websitekraken.com Blogblog.kraken.com Careerskraken.com

Verifiable references

Last verified: 2026-08-25

About Kraken
Kraken · kraken.com · primary source
Operation since 2011 under Payward, Inc., and the statement that regulatory status and product availability differ by jurisdiction.
Accessed 2026-08-25
Kraken Card
Kraken · kraken.com · primary source
Current card forms, cash and crypto spending, Mastercard programme, asset conversion, fees, cashback tiers, and Krak management flow.
Accessed 2026-08-25
Krak Card official terms
Kraken · krak.app · primary source
Current UK and EEA Kraken and Monavate roles, Mastercard issuer permissions, variable spread, third-party ATM fees, and reward boundaries.
Accessed 2026-08-25
Krak Card US launch
Kraken · blog.kraken.com · primary source
Current US Visa launch, virtual and physical formats, asset scope, fee framing, and up-to-2-percent reward claim.
Accessed 2026-08-25

Kraken

Exchange and institutional venue

CompanyExchanges & BrokeragesPartially verified

Official site Rank project View location

Ecosystems

Multi-chain, Krak, Mastercard, Visa, Bitcoin, Stablecoins

Location

No documented fixed point

Type

Company

References

Where Kraken operates

Explore full map

No documented physical location

The record currently has distributed scope. No point is shown until a location source is available.

DistributedGlobal

Kraken

No fixed headquarters

Kraken says it is remote-first and fully asynchronous, with opportunity not concentrated in offices. The former generic San Francisco headquarters pin is removed.

How Kraken operates remotelyVerified 2026-08-24

How Kraken fits

A quick read based only on the facts recorded in this profile.

What it is

Exchange and institutional venue

Connects with

Multi-chainKrakMastercard

Focus

cexinstitutionalstakingfiat

Ecosystem network

Multi-chainKrakMastercardVisaBitcoinStablecoinscexinstitutionalstakingfiatcrypto-card

Documented connections

Payward, Inc., the legal company behind Kraken, completed its acquisition of Reap in July 2026; Reap remains a standalone brand.

Relationship documented by the official source.

Related to

Kraken Europe

Kraken's EEA terms identify Payward Europe Solutions Limited as the separately authorized Irish CASP for defined EEA services.

Relationship documented by the official source.

Uses infrastructure from

Monavate

Krak Card terms identify Monavate as UK issuer and UAB Monavate as EEA issuer for Kraken's card programme.

Relationship documented by the official source.

Parent company of

Krak

Krak's official terms identify it as an affiliated Payward/Kraken money-app brand rather than a separate exchange company.

Relationship documented by the official source.

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Channels, identity and sources

Public name: Kraken
Legal name: Payward, Inc.
Founded: 2011
Status: Active

Official channels and media

Official websitekraken.com Blogblog.kraken.com Careerskraken.com

Verifiable references

Last verified: 2026-08-25

About Kraken
Kraken · kraken.com · primary source
Operation since 2011 under Payward, Inc., and the statement that regulatory status and product availability differ by jurisdiction.
Accessed 2026-08-25
Kraken Card
Kraken · kraken.com · primary source
Current card forms, cash and crypto spending, Mastercard programme, asset conversion, fees, cashback tiers, and Krak management flow.
Accessed 2026-08-25
Krak Card official terms
Kraken · krak.app · primary source
Current UK and EEA Kraken and Monavate roles, Mastercard issuer permissions, variable spread, third-party ATM fees, and reward boundaries.
Accessed 2026-08-25
Krak Card US launch
Kraken · blog.kraken.com · primary source
Current US Visa launch, virtual and physical formats, asset scope, fee framing, and up-to-2-percent reward claim.
Accessed 2026-08-25