Kraken is in construct mode. We’re making a multi-asset platform that permits anybody to commerce something, anytime, wherever. In Q2, our tempo accelerated — new merchandise launched, international entry expanded and infrastructure scaled.
We’re pushing the envelope on geo growth and establishing ourselves because the infrastructure supplier that may energy the following era of monetary companies. From crypto to shares to tokenized belongings, we’re redefining what’s attainable and guaranteeing extra folks can entry funding alternatives globally.
Sturdy monetary outcomes fueled by constant and disciplined supply
We delivered income of $412M in Q2 2025, a 18% year-over-year improve. Adjusted EBITDA got here in at $80M.
Our whole trade quantity was $186.8B in Q2 2025, up 19% year-over-year. After a robust Q1, there was market turbulence associated to U.S. tariffs and broader macro uncertainties. Q2 volumes decelerated quarter-over-quarter, as Q2 tends to be a seasonally decrease quarter for buying and selling exercise throughout the business.
Our funded accounts had been 4.4M in Q2 2025, rising 37% year-over-year. Belongings on platform had been $43.2B on the finish of Q2 2025, rising 47% year-over-year.
Kraken’s Q2 monetary efficiency remained resilient, highlighted by three key tendencies:
- Increasing quantity market share: We continued to develop our share of spot quantity. This was pushed by continued investments enhancing product expertise, in addition to our sturdy place in stablecoins, the place our share of stable-fiat spot volumes grew from 43% to 68%.
- Development funding: Because the TradFi and crypto markets converge, we’re strategically investing in innovation and increasing our product suite to speed up development. In Q2, we supported quicker product supply and platform enhancements, alongside focused advertising efforts that demonstrated sturdy, environment friendly ROI.
- Expense self-discipline: To fortify our enterprise throughout all market cycles, we stay intensely centered on strengthening working leverage to construct a sustainable enterprise.
Constructing on prime of our pro-trader platform
Professional merchants are the heartbeat of our platform. Their participation in our ecosystem and the liquidity they supply energy the speedy growth of extra merchandise for Kraken’s shopper and institutional companies, which in flip gas the general ecosystem.
Our technique was evidenced by a number of new merchandise in Q2, together with commission-free equities buying and selling, tokenized belongings and an all‑in‑one international cash app.
We additionally continued to reinforce our pro-trader capabilities and choices alongside the introduction of a full‑service prime brokerage and a white label resolution for totally compliant crypto buying and selling.
Skilled product updates
Institutional product updates
Client product updates
- Fee‑free equities buying and selling – We launched U.S. equities buying and selling within the Kraken app for many U.S. states, giving shoppers the comfort of managing shares and crypto facet‑by‑facet.
- xStocks – We tokenized 55 blue‑chip equities and 5 ETFs on the blockchain, opening spherical‑the‑clock fairness publicity for eligible shoppers outdoors the US, with seamless on‑chain transferability.
- Krak app – We launched an all‑in‑one international cash app that lets shoppers pay, switch and earn throughout 300+ crypto and fiat belongings in additional than 160 nations.
- Devoted Brazil providing – We added instantaneous BRL funding through Pix, totally localised internet and cell apps, and 24/7 help in Brazilian Portuguese, bringing Kraken’s international platform nearer to Brazilian customers.
- Kraken+ – We launched a premium membership that gives zero‑payment buying and selling allowances, precedence help and boosted USDG rewards. It has seen sturdy uptake with greater than 100k subscribers with greater than $1 billion on the platform from each new and seasoned buyers.
Significant regulatory progress
Regulatory readability is gaining momentum in developed and rising markets around the globe.
This accelerating development is opening up new funding and development alternatives for us. We proceed to increase our licensing footprint to be able to supply extra modern services and products to a wider viewers of institutional and retail clients.
We turned the primary trade to obtain authorization from the Central Financial institution of Eire underneath MiCA, positioning the corporate for accelerated development throughout 30 European markets. We additionally secured a Restricted Vendor licence in Canada, additional increasing our regulatory footprint.
Within the U.S., the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act was signed into regulation in July, marking a significant milestone. On the identical time, complete market construction laws handed the Home and is advancing within the Senate with sturdy bipartisan help.
Our deep expertise with regulation and compliance and proactive strategy to coverage modifications positions us properly as new regulatory frameworks proceed to develop in different markets throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Transparency via Proof of Reserves
Right this moment, we’re additionally asserting the completion of our newest Proof of Reserves for supported cryptocurrencies custodied securely by Kraken as of June 30, 2025.
Reserve ratios as of June 30, 2025
Each quarter, Kraken shoppers can affirm their belongings are totally backed onchain. They’ll confirm that their account stability was included within the Proof of Reserves report, independently validated by Kraken’s third-party accountancy agency.
Kraken pioneered the observe of normal Proof of Reserves – properly earlier than it turned an business expectation – and we stay one of many few platforms to carry out this course of.
Outlook: H2 2025 and past
Our group is relentlessly centered on taking Kraken to the following stage. That’s what our shoppers demand and what we’re dedicated to delivering. Within the second half of 2025, momentum is constructing throughout the worldwide footprint: New licenses are being secured, native funding rails added, multi-asset experiences expanded and modern merchandise launched — all leveraging Kraken’s core infrastructure.
Key initiatives on the horizon embody:
- Worldwide equities — Extending fee‑free inventory and ETF buying and selling to main markets past the U.S., beginning with the U.Okay., Europe and Australia.
- Tokenized equities — Bringing tokenized equities to extra jurisdictions and steadily rising the variety of our listed belongings.
- Kraken debit playing cards — Introducing bodily and digital debit playing cards, issued with Mastercard, to allow seamless in‑retailer and on-line spending of fiat and crypto via the Krak app.
- NinjaTrader development — Accelerating the platform’s attain into the U.Okay., Europe and Australia and enabling frictionless multi‑asset buying and selling throughout Kraken and NinjaTrader ecosystems.
We’re constructing the spine of a brand new monetary system; one product, one market and one breakthrough at a time.
Income and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP monetary measures utilized by Administration internally to grasp, handle, and consider the enterprise and make working choices. We imagine these measures present further perception into our operational efficiency and assist facilitate comparisons for the interval indicated. EBITDA is earnings earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA excludes irregular, non-recurring, and/or discretionary bills and is meant to supply a clearer view of the corporate’s core profitability. Belongings on Platform are measured as of the final day of the fiscal quarter. Funded accounts symbolize whole funded clients with a stability larger $0 as of the final day of the quarter. Complete Alternate Quantity contains Spot, Margin, Futures, Client, and Equities (starting Q2 2025) trade volumes for the interval indicated. Introduced metrics embody NinjaTrader ranging from Might 1, 2025 onward.
The data offered on this communication is for informational functions solely and doesn’t represent a suggestion, solicitation, or suggestion to purchase or promote any token, safety or monetary instrument. It isn’t supposed as, and shall not be relied upon as, funding, monetary, authorized, or tax recommendation. Previous efficiency shouldn’t be essentially indicative of future outcomes.
