Kraken Expands into Traditional Finance with US Stock Trading for EEA Customers

Kraken has expanded its services to include US stock trading for customers in the European Economic Area (EEA), offering over 7,000 US-listed stocks alongside more than 600 crypto assets and 700 xStocks.

The service is provided by Payward Europe Digital Solutions, Kraken's Cyprus-based investment firm, and allows eligible EEA customers to trade US stocks through the company's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II authorization on the Kraken Pro platform and mobile app.

The shares are available alongside traditional cryptocurrencies and tokenized representations of publicly listed equities, enabling customers to hold conventional shares and tokenized versions of the same assets within a single platform.

Kraken said eligible customers can trade US-listed stocks commission-free, subject to applicable conditions. The company plans to extend its integrated equities offering to additional markets in the coming months.