Licensed in Dubai, Argentina, EU, United Kingdom, and British Virgin Islands
Latest: 2025-03-27
Payward FZCO
Dubai · VARAPayward Trading Ltd. - SSE
Argentina · CNVLinks from the exchange's own website, checked 2026-10-12.
Being on a register is not an endorsement. What “verified” means
On the registers Takame checks, Kraken holds a verified current license or registration in Dubai, Argentina, EU, United Kingdom, and British Virgin Islands.
No regulator warning or order about Kraken is on the lists Takame checks.
Hacks on record: 1. Enforcement cases on record: 5. Latest: 2025-03-27.
This is a summary of public records, not a guarantee. Each record and its source are listed further down this page.
8.4/ 10
Score
A score out of 10, from four parts. Every part links to the source it came from. How the score is built
Regulation40 of 40
Safety15 of 25
Incidents20 of 20
Nothing recorded
Size9.3 of 15
From the 24-hour spot volume we collect ourselves
Advertising, payments of any kind, claiming a page or displaying our badge, and anything an exchange tells us that we cannot check against a public source never affect the score. How the score is built
Broad regulatory coverage. Confirmed license in three or more of the jurisdictions we check.
www.kraken.comRegistered in the European Union.
Details for the European UnionAll 32 jurisdictions-55.5% over this period
Free for any website. The badge shows this company's official domain and its current register status, and links to this page.
Five questions, answered from official registers and public data, each with its source. A blank means we do not have that fact, not that the answer is no.
Official registers list 14 companies under Kraken. They are grouped here by company; only matches we verified are shown, and a registration is not the same as being allowed to serve you.
Payward Commercial Ltd.
Payward Europe Solutions Limited
Payward FZCO
Payward Global Solutions Limited
Payward International Markets, Ltd.
PAYWARD LTD.
Payward Oceanic Ltd.
Payward Trading Ltd.
Payward Trading Ltd. - SSE
BIT TRADE PTY LIMITED
PAYWARD CANADA INC.
Payward Financial, Inc. dba Kraken Financial
Payward Interactive, Inc.
Payward of New York, LLC
Dubai · VARA
Registered entity: Payward FZCO
VASP Licence · Management and Investment Services Broker-Dealer Services
Dubai
Argentina · CNV
Registered entity: Payward Trading Ltd. - SSE
155
Intercambio entre activos virtuales y monedas de curso legal (monedas fiduciarias) · Intercambio entre una (1) o más formas de activos virtuales · Transferencia de activos virtuales · Custodia y/o administración de activos virtuales o instrumentos que permitan el control sobre los mismos
Argentina
EU · MiCA
Registered entity: Payward Europe Solutions Limited
254900641D8KNHUZYX24
a. providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients · c. exchange of crypto-assets for funds · d. exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets · e. execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients
European Union
EU · MiCA
Registered entity: Payward Global Solutions Limited
9845003D98SCC2851458
b. operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets
European Union
France · AMF
Registered entity: PAYWARD EUROPE SOLUTIONS LIMITED / KRAKEN DIGITAL ASSET EXCHANGE (“KRAKEN”)
N/A - Passeport
Conservation et administration de crypto-actifs pour le compte de clients · Échange de crypto-actifs contre des fonds · Échange de crypto-actifs contre d’autres crypto-actifs · Exécution d’ordres sur crypto-actifs pour le compte de clients
France
Netherlands · AFM (EU passport)
Registered entity: Payward Europe Solutions Limited
254900641D8KNHUZYX24
Netherlands
United Kingdom · FCA
Registered entity: PAYWARD LTD.
928768
MLR status: MLRs Registered
United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands · FSC (checked by hand)
Registered entity: Payward Commercial Ltd.
Custody Providers - VASP
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands · FSC (checked by hand)
Registered entity: Payward International Markets, Ltd.
Custody Providers - VASP · Virtual Assets Exchange
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands · FSC (checked by hand)
Registered entity: Payward Oceanic Ltd.
Custody Providers - VASP · Virtual Assets Service Providers · Virtual Assets Exchange
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands · FSC (checked by hand)
Registered entity: Payward Trading Ltd.
Custody Providers - VASP · Virtual Assets Exchange
British Virgin Islands
Australia · AUSTRAC
Registered entity: BIT TRADE PTY LIMITED
ABN 42163237634
Registered virtual asset service provider (AUSTRAC VASP register) · Trading names: KRAKEN DIGITAL ASSET EXCHANGE, KRAKEN EXCHANGE, PAYWARD AUSTRALIA
AUSTRAC registers virtual asset service providers after reviewing each application, and can impose conditions on, refuse, suspend or cancel a registration. It is an anti-money-laundering registration, not a license to run a trading platform, so it does not count toward our regulatory rating.
Source: AUSTRAC, © Commonwealth of Australia
Australia
Canada · FINTRAC
Registered entity: PAYWARD CANADA INC.
M19343731
Registration status: Registered · Foreign Exchange · Virtual Currency
FINTRAC registers money services businesses, including virtual currency dealers, for anti-money-laundering purposes. It is not a license to run a trading platform; in Canada that oversight sits with provincial securities regulators.
Canada
United States · FinCEN
Registered entity: Payward Financial, Inc. dba Kraken Financial
Money transmitter
FinCEN records money services businesses that file a registration form. It is not a license and FinCEN does not vet applicants; money-transmitter licenses are issued separately by each state.
United States
United States · FinCEN
Registered entity: Payward Interactive, Inc.
Money transmitter · Other
FinCEN records money services businesses that file a registration form. It is not a license and FinCEN does not vet applicants; money-transmitter licenses are issued separately by each state.
United States
United States · FinCEN
Registered entity: Payward of New York, LLC
Money transmitter · Other
FinCEN records money services businesses that file a registration form. It is not a license and FinCEN does not vet applicants; money-transmitter licenses are issued separately by each state.
United States
France · AMF
Registered entity: COIN MEESTER B.V. / KRAKEN
Struck off 2026-06-02
Radiation pour arrêt d’activité
Conservation d'actifs numériques
Achat/vente d'actifs numériques contre monnaie ayant cours légal
Echange d'actifs numériques contre d'autres actifs numériques
E2022-058
France
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Kraken has not published wallet addresses that can be tracked on-chain, so its reserves cannot be checked here.
By 24h volume. 548 coins trade here in total.
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USDCUSDC/EUR · $40.1M$1.00-0.02%
EthereumETH/USD · $28.3M$2,222-0.69%
TetherUSDT/USD · $24.4M$0.9988+0.02%
XRPXRP/USD · $21.3M$1.15-1.48%
ZcashZEC/USD · $18.7M$1,226-2.72%
SolanaSOL/USD · $15.7M$88.92-0.86%
NEAR ProtocolNEAR/USD · $7.5M$3.60-3.63%
StellarXLM/USD · $5.7M$0.1494-1.11%
MoneroXMR/USDT · $3.5M$605.00+0.34%
PepePEPE/USD · $3.4M$0.000005024+3.57%
HyperliquidHYPE/USD · $3.3M$75.89-2.38%
SuiSUI/USD · $2.8M$0.8437-1.41%
LitecoinLTC/USD · $2.4M$51.40-1.48%
CardanoADA/USD · $2.1M$0.1795-1.09%
EthenaENA/USD · $2.1M$0.1531-3.53%
DogecoinDOGE/USD · $1.8M$0.07089-0.88%
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