ChainCatcher news, as the EU's regulation on crypto assets market comes into full effect, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is preparing to delist several stablecoins for customers in the European Economic Area. The exchange announced that it will gradually remove margin trading restrictions for USDT, PYUSD, EURT, TUSD, and UST for EEA users starting from February 13. Spot trading will cease on March 24, pending orders will be canceled, and assets will no longer be convertible to cryptocurrencies or fiat currencies.Kraken stated that this move ensures compliance with MiCA and allows it to maintain long-term operations in Europe.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, the exchange Kraken has a revenue of 1.5 billion USD in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 128%, with an adjusted EBITDA of 380 million USD. By the end of the year, the total assets held on the platform reached 42.8 billion USD, with 2.5 million funding accounts. The total trading volume in 2024 reached 665 billion USD. Kraken holds over 40% of the global market share in stablecoin to fiat trading volume among major centralized exchanges.

ChainCatcher news, according to OnchainLens monitoring, 2 hours ago, pump.fun deposited 90,000 SOL to Kraken, worth approximately 20.5 million USD.In 2025, pump.fun sent a total of 782,877 SOL, valued at 159.44 million USD. pump.fun has accumulated earnings of 2,568,663 SOL, worth 579.46 million USD.

ChainCatcher News: A federal court in California has made a partial ruling in the SEC vs. Kraken case. The court dismissed Kraken's core defense argument that "Congress did not authorize the SEC to regulate cryptocurrency," supporting the SEC's regulatory authority over crypto assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Kraken's Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution Ink will enable a permissionless fraud proof mechanism this Thursday, marking an important technological advancement in its rapid development.Ink becomes the first superchain network to launch a multi-"challenger" mechanism after testing on the Optimism mainnet, initially operated by the automated protocol Gelato and Kraken running the challenger system. Fraud proofs are a crucial feature of Optimistic Rollups, allowing users to challenge the validity of transactions and correct erroneous states.The initial challenger fund for Ink is provided by Kraken with 49 ETH (approximately $156,000), and users can also participate in challenges by staking ETH, thereby promoting on-chain decentralization.

ChainCatcher news, the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced on platform X that it has donated $111,111 worth of Bitcoin to the released Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Pump.Fun transferred 116,054.56 SOL to Kraken, worth approximately 28 million dollars.Since 2025, it has cumulatively transferred 692,877 SOL to Kraken, with a total value of about 139 million dollars. Its total earnings have reached 2,365,753 SOL, currently valued at approximately 570 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to Arkham data, Sun Yuchen has just withdrawn 3.7 million USDT from Kraken via the Tron network.

ChainCatcher news, FTX creditor Sunil posted on the X platform revealing that creditors from countries such as Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Ukraine, China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are currently not eligible to receive distributions from BitGo and Kraken, but creditors may obtain accounts at these two exchanges.

ChainCatcher news, Kraken's Chief Legal Officer Marco Santori announced his resignation. This seasoned lawyer has led Kraken's legal department for nearly five years and stated that he will continue to serve as a senior advisor to the company, helping Kraken establish a "global advisory board."

ChainCatcher news, according to @EmberCN monitoring, a giant whale/institutional address transferred 20,000 Ethereum (approximately 67.59 million USD) to Kraken.It is reported that this address previously withdrew 120,874 Ethereum (approximately 199.1 million USD) from Kraken in September 2022, when the price of Ethereum was 1,647 USD.In the past 8 months, this address transferred a total of 50,000 Ethereum (approximately 167.4 million USD) to Kraken at an average price of 3,348 USD, realizing a profit of 85.05 million USD. Currently, this address still holds 70,874 Ethereum (approximately 239.8 million USD).

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Bloomberg cited sources saying that the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit has hired a financial advisor to "review opportunities" after attracting the attention of potential acquirers. The company has invited Financial Technology Partners LLC (FT Partners) to participate in this potential deal, and the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has also expressed interest in being involved.Bloomberg reported that Kraken has not pursued the acquisition and stated that Deribit's valuation could exceed $5 billion, with Kraken declining to comment on the matter. In a statement following The Block's request for comment, Deribit wrote: "Deribit is not currently for sale.Over time, we have received strategic investment interest from various parties, and we will not disclose these interests. As a regular business operation process, Deribit appointed FT Partners as a consultant for general advisory services and potential secondary market investments at the beginning of 2023."

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Pump.Fun deposited 122,620 SOL to Kraken exchange 5 hours ago, worth approximately 21.75 million USD. So far, a total of 1,331,067 SOL has been deposited, worth about 307 million USD. The total revenue has reached 2,240,416 SOL, worth approximately 410.66 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "smart money has made a profit of 4.92 million dollars through the PEPE band in the past six months." 2 hours ago, 54.9 billion PEPE was withdrawn from Kraken, worth 8.86 million dollars;However, he only deposited 56.18 billion tokens into the exchange yesterday, and this giant whale still holds 9.68 million dollars worth of PEPE.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the whale 7qw9C...NbSZL is suspected of reducing its holdings of SOL accumulated 8 months ago, depositing 50,227 SOL (9.4 million USD) to Kraken 8 hours ago. If sold, it would profit 1.227 million USD.In June-July 2024, he withdrew 86,777 SOL from Kraken and Coinbase at an average price of 162.72 USD, and has deposited 81,227 SOL to exchanges in the past three weeks, making a profit of 2.326 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert monitoring, 1,027 BTC ($96,745,111) was transferred from Kraken to an unknown wallet.

ChainCatcher news, FTX creditor Sunil tweeted that Kraken has sent emails to customers who chose the platform to receive FTX distribution funds, notifying them that the account registration process has been successfully completed. BitGo is also expected to initiate a similar process.There is currently no specific timeline for the distribution of claims exceeding $50,000, while users with claims below $50,000 must complete the relevant procedures within 60 days starting from January 3.

ChainCatcher news, Kraken announces zero-fee cryptocurrency trading for FTX creditors with a $50,000 offer.Kraken stated that new customers who choose to receive funds from FTX will receive a fee waiver, allowing them to purchase $50,000 worth of cryptocurrency on Kraken Pro without paying any trading fees. Depending on the amount of funds received, they will receive a $105 Kraken trading fee credit (KFEE). These will be credited to the customers' accounts after the FTX allocation is received. The fee credit can only be used on Kraken Pro.