{"id":10486,"date":"2025-09-11T17:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/kraken-introduces-perps-to-let-traders-bet-on-crypto-futures\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:56:12","slug":"kraken-introduces-perps-to-let-traders-bet-on-crypto-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/kraken-introduces-perps-to-let-traders-bet-on-crypto-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken introduces Perps to let traders bet on crypto futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Kraken has integrated perpetual futures trading directly into its flagship app, aiming to translate a complex, high-risk instrument into an accessible tool for its vast retail user base, not just professional traders.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_1403d82d47360a443bb72f67a010a28a\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kraken has launched \u201cKraken Perps,\u201d its new perpetual futures trading product.<\/li>\n<li>The product is available to eligible clients in select regions with USD collateral.<\/li>\n<li>The launch expands Kraken\u2019s offerings in a derivatives market with record monthly volumes.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>In an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kraken.com\/product\/perps\/introducing-kraken-perps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announcement<\/a> on September 11, crypto exchange Kraken said it had officially launched \u201cKraken Perps,\u201d a perpetual futures trading product now available to eligible clients in select regions worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The launch, which initially supports USD as collateral, marks the exchange\u2019s strategic foray into a derivatives market that recently saw a record monthly volume exceeding $515 billion in August.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Kraken Perps work\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to the announcement, users will fund their positions using assets from their existing Kraken balance as collateral, with USD the primary supported currency at launch.<\/p>\n<p>To initiate a trade, a user simply selects an asset, chooses \u201cIncrease\u201d to go long or \u201cDecrease\u201d to go short based on their price prediction, and decides on the position size. This streamlined process is central to Kraken\u2019s thesis of making a powerful tool feel approachable.<\/p>\n<p>The Kraken team provided a concrete use case to illustrate the product\u2019s utility. If a trader believes the Bitcoin price is undervalued, they can open a long perpetual contract position instead of purchasing BTC outright on the spot market.<\/p>\n<p>This allows the trader to gain exposure to potential price appreciation without tying up the full capital required to own the asset. Conversely, a trader with a bearish outlook on a token can open a short position to potentially profit from a price decline, a strategy often used for hedging existing spot holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Risk management is a core focus of Kraken Perps. Per the announcement, the platform includes built-in safeguards such as customizable stop-loss orders, which automatically limit losses if the market moves against a trader\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kraken has integrated perpetual futures trading directly into its flagship app, aiming to translate a complex, high-risk instrument into an accessible tool for its vast retail user base, not just&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10487,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10486\/revisions\/10487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}