Kraken Secures $500M at $15B Valuation: Is an IPO Imminent Now?

[ad_1] Cryptocurrency alternate Kraken has quietly closed a $500 million funding spherical at a $15 billion valuation, based on studies from Fortune and The Data. The funding comes as rumours flow into that the corporate may go public in 2026.

Cementing the Purpose to Turn into Public?

The most recent funding spherical was led by Tribe Capital, with participation from funding managers and enterprise capitalists. Curiously, Kraken’s co-CEO Arjun Sethi additionally invested within the spherical in a private capability.

The valuation of the newest spherical marks a rise from the $11 billion the corporate reached in 2022, when it raised an undisclosed sum.

Nevertheless, the $500 million funding spherical was not sudden. Earlier, a number of media studies revealed Kraken’s fundraising plans. Bloomberg additionally reported that the alternate was aiming to lift as a lot as $1 billion in debt.

Kraken beforehand revealed that it generated $1.5 billion in income in 2024 and an extra $472 million in Q1 2025. It presently handles $1.37 billion in day by day buying and selling quantity, second solely to Coinbase in the US.

Nasdaq-listed Coinbase has a market capitalisation of $78 billion.

Increasing Past Crypto

In the meantime, the California-headquartered Kraken can also be increasing aggressively. It has turn into certainly one of a number of crypto exchanges to supply tokenised shares, thus transferring past cryptocurrencies.

It additionally purchased a US-regulated retail futures buying and selling platform, NinjaTrader, for $1.5 billion, and now goals to increase the non-crypto platform’s presence to the UK, Europe and Australia.

Kraken moreover acquired an organization in Cyprus earlier this yr to acquire a Markets in Monetary Devices Directive (MiFID) licence, permitting it to supply derivatives throughout the European Financial Space. Finance Magnates revealed that the Cypriot agency it acquired is linked to the contracts for variations (CFDs) dealer model PU Prime. The alternate has already put the Cyprus licence to make use of with the launch of crypto perpetual merchandise.