Kraken, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange, reported a substantial $1.5 billion in revenue for 2024, as revealed in their latest financial statement on January 31.
CEO Dave Ripley shared on X that this figure represents more than double the previous year’s revenue and confirmed the company remains profitable.
In addition to the impressive revenue, Kraken’s platform saw significant growth, with assets reaching $42.8 billion and 2.5 million funded accounts.
Total trade volume for 2024 hit an astonishing $665 billion. Arjun Sethi, Kraken’s Co-CEO, highlighted in the report that their consistent product execution and diverse clientele have contributed to building the deepest liquidity pools in the crypto space, solidifying Kraken as a leading stable-to-fiat onramp globally.
The company claims more than 40% of the global stable-fiat market share among major centralized exchanges.
As one of the largest U.S.-based crypto exchanges, Kraken continued its success into 2025, recording $49.2 billion in spot trading volume for January alone, according to data from The Block.
The U.S. government’s plan to establish a Strategic Crypto Reserve has sparked a lively debate in the crypto community, with even well-known critics like Peter Schiff joining the conversation.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the U.S. regulator responsible for overseeing national banks, has announced that U.S. banks can now engage in specific crypto-related activities without prior approval.
Kraken is exploring the possibility of going public with an initial public offering (IPO) targeted for the first quarter of 2026, according to sources familiar with the matter.
A crypto analyst has drawn a stark comparison between offshore crypto exchanges and massive gambling operations, claiming that the real forces behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies aren’t retail investors or institutional buyers, but the unregulated futures markets.