Kraken Pro has introduced 70 traditional finance futures markets for eligible EU clients, giving them access to equity indices, commodities, and FX contracts alongside more than 290 existing crypto perpetuals.

Kraken Pro Expands Futures Access for EU Traders

According to Monday's announcement, the expansion lets users trade short or long positions on assets such as the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, gold, oil, and major currency pairs on the same interface used for digital assets.

The contracts follow the CME Group’s extended 23-hour trading schedule, available from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon ET.

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The launch means Kraken, ranked #14 in daily volumes on CoinMarketCap, is turning into a more full‑service trading venue for European clients by letting them trade major equity indices, commodities and FX futures on the same platform they already use for crypto.

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The products are offered through Payward Europe Digital Solutions (CY) Limited, Kraken’s Cyprus-based investment firm regulated by CySEC. Traders must complete an eligibility assessment before activating derivatives trading on Kraken Pro. Funded accounts receive free real-time Level 1 data, with optional Level 2 for deeper market insight.

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CySEC-Regulated Offering

This launch builds on Kraken’s 2025 rollout of regulated crypto futures in Europe and marks another step toward a unified multi-asset platform. EU traders can now act on global market events across both traditional and digital assets without leaving the exchange’s environment.

In recent months, Kraken has laid the groundwork for this move with a series of EU‑focused initiatives. The exchange secured an EU MiFID license via the acquisition of a CySEC CySEC The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision Read this Term‑regulated Cyprus investment firm, paving the way for regulated crypto derivatives across the bloc.

Kraken has also deepened its push to blur the lines between digital and traditional assets, extending 24/7 access to tokenized equities Equities Equities can be characterized as stocks or shares in a company that investors can buy or sell. When you buy a stock, you are in essence buying an equity, becoming a partial owner of shares in a specific company or fund.However, equities do not pay a fixed interest rate, and as such are not considered guaranteed income. As such, equity markets are often associated with risk.When a company issues bonds, it’s taking loans from buyers. When a company offers shares, on the other hand, it’s selling pa Equities can be characterized as stocks or shares in a company that investors can buy or sell. When you buy a stock, you are in essence buying an equity, becoming a partial owner of shares in a specific company or fund.However, equities do not pay a fixed interest rate, and as such are not considered guaranteed income. As such, equity markets are often associated with risk.When a company issues bonds, it’s taking loans from buyers. When a company offers shares, on the other hand, it’s selling pa Read this Term and equity‑linked perpetual futures via its xStocks product and it also entered a collaboration with Deutsche Börse aimed at unified trading, custody and settlement across crypto, stocks and futures.

On the futures side, Coinbase is the clearest peer moving in a similar direction to Kraken. The exchange recently launched regulated crypto and equity‑index futures across 26 European countries via its CySEC‑licensed MiFID entity. It offers leveraged contracts and index products to eligible users on the same Coinbase Advanced interface they use for spot trading.