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While the crypto exchanges sector is going through a consolidation phase accelerated by MiCA regulation, Kraken positions itself as one of the strongest players in the European market. Dorian Vincileoni, Head of Regional Growth for Western Europe and the Baltic countries at Kraken, shares his vision on market evolution, platform strategic priorities, and the challenges of building a sustainable crypto infrastructure. Interview.

On April 15 and 16, 2026, the Carrousel du Louvre will host the Paris Blockchain Week, an event that has become in a few editions the must-attend meeting where traditional finance and digital assets stop observing each other and finally start to dialogue. Far from crypto conferences focused on speculation and community narratives, PBW 2026 embodies a paradigm shift: financial institutions are no longer spectators, they become actors of the blockchain infrastructure. Analysis of an event that materializes the maturity of a sector.

February 2026 marks a strategic intensification of competition among centralized exchanges. Between Kraken's exceptional deposit bonus, Binance's loyalty programs, and the aggressive offers of OKX and Bybit EU, users have unprecedented opportunities. Comparative analysis of the four major platforms and their current campaigns.

The famous crypto exchange Kraken launches its biggest promotion to date with the February Deposit Match: a fixed 3% bonus on all eligible deposits, up to $30,000 per user, with no trading obligation. This exceptional offer, valid from February 2 to March 9, 2026, represents a rare opportunity to maximize your crypto capital. Here is our complete guide to take advantage of it.

The announcement shook the crypto ecosystem this Friday. The Ethereum Foundation officially announced the creation of a dedicated post-quantum security team, backed by $2 million in funding. This decision marks a strategic turning point for the world's second-largest blockchain, elevating quantum resistance to an absolute priority.

The Kraken exchange platform has just unveiled DeFi Earn, a feature that promises to democratize access to decentralized finance rewards. Launched on January 26, 2026, this innovation allows users to generate up to 8% variable APY on their euros, dollars, and USDC, without having to master the technical subtleties usually associated with DeFi.

For years, blockchain conferences have been dominated by crypto-native narratives. Protocols talking to protocols, builders talking to builders. Paris Blockchain Week 2026 takes a different approach.

The American exchange Kraken has officially added Hyperliquid's HYPE token to its spot trading offering. The HYPE/USD and HYPE/EUR pairs have been available since January 28, 2026, at 15:00 UTC, according to the announcement published on the platform's official X account. This listing comes as the token shows a spectacular increase of more than 50% over one week, driven by the explosion in trading volumes on the protocol's commodity markets.

At the Devconnect conference in Buenos Aires, Ethereum's co-founder issued an unprecedented warning: the elliptic curves securing Bitcoin and Ethereum 'are going to die.' With a 20% probability that quantum computers could break current cryptography before 2030, the crypto industry has less than four years to migrate to quantum-resistant systems.

On January 6, 2026, Kraken formalized a major partnership with Ethena Labs. The American exchange becomes one of the institutional custodians of assets backed by USDe, the synthetic dollar that rose to be among the three largest stablecoins in the world. This selection, validated by the Ethena Risk Committee (ERC), marks a decisive step in the institutionalization strategy of the DeFi protocol.

Crypto portfolio management platform adds real-time position monitoring for three major perpetual trading protocols

The crypto market faced a sharp correction in the final quarter of 2025, with total market capitalization plunging -23.7% to finish at $3.0 trillion. This marked a -10.4% Year-on-Year decline, crypto’s first annual downturn since 2022. While the quarter saw a brief all-time high of $4.4 trillion, a historic $19 billion liquidation event in October, sent prices slumping. Despite the price retreat, volatility pushed average daily trading volumes to a yearly high of $161.8 billion, while the stablecoin sector climbed +48.9% annually to hit a record $311.0 billion.

Singapore, 16 January 2026 – Veera, a crypto-powered financial services platform focused on inclusion and usability, has raised a total of $10 million across its pre-seed and seed funding rounds to accelerate product development and to expand access to on-chain financial services globally.