Where Kraken is available
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Your row is highlighted below. Each status comes from Kraken's own terms or a regulator notice, with the date we checked it.
Availability by country: Kraken
Kraken's market mapStatus by market. Sources and check dates are in the table below.
- India: Not available: blocked in India since 2024
- Nigeria: Available, no link
- United Arab Emirates: Spot and futures available; copy not confirmed
- Kenya: Available, no link
- South Africa: Available, no link
- United States: Spot except ME and NY; futures and copy not confirmed
- United Kingdom: Spot only; no retail derivatives
- Canada: Spot only; no derivatives or margin
- Singapore: Spot and futures; Kraken not licensed in Singapore
- Hong Kong: Not confirmed
- European Union / EEA: Spot and futures available; copy not confirmed
- Philippines: Not available: blocked in the Philippines since Aug 2025
- Thailand: Not confirmed
Official restricted-countries list (checked 10 Oct 2026)
| Market | Status | Notes | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | Not available: blocked in India since 2024 | Kraken was named in an FIU-IND show-cause notice on 28 Dec 2023 and blocked in India in 2024. We found no registration. India is not on Kraken's own restricted list. | 10 Oct 2026source (secondary) |
| Nigeria | Available in Nigeria | Available in Nigeria — we don't link to it. Nigeria is not on Kraken's restricted list. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| United Arab Emirates | Spot and futures available; copy not confirmed | Served with limits or via a local entity; we show no link. The UAE is not on Kraken's restricted list. Kraken's Dubai company (Payward FZCO) has in-principle approval only, according to a third-party reading of the VARA register. | 10 Oct 2026source (secondary) |
| Kenya | Available in Kenya | Available in Kenya — we don't link to it. Kenya is not on Kraken's restricted list. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| South Africa | Available in South Africa | Available in South Africa — we don't link to it. South Africa is not on Kraken's restricted list. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| United States | Spot except ME and NY; futures and copy not confirmed | Served with limits or via a local entity. Kraken serves the US except Maine and New York; we hide the link for readers in those two states. Kraken's US exchange is run by Payward Interactive, Inc., which is registered with FinCEN as a money services business and lists state money transmitter licences on Kraken's legal disclosures page (updated 11 Aug 2026). Its California licence application is still pending. Kraken's own pages disagree on whether US customers can trade futures, so we do not link to Kraken futures for US readers. | 11 Oct 2026source |
| United Kingdom | Spot only; no retail derivatives | We show no exchange links for readers in United Kingdom. Kraken serves the UK. Retail derivatives, Opt-in Rewards, DeFi Earn and Krakbacks are not available, and new customers have a 24-hour cooling-off period. We do not link to Kraken for UK readers. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| Canada | Spot only; no derivatives or margin | Served with limits or via a local entity; we show no link. Kraken serves Canada with extra verification; margin and derivatives are not available. We have not yet confirmed Kraken's Canadian registration, so we do not link to Kraken for Canadian readers. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| Singapore | Spot and futures; Kraken not licensed in Singapore | We show no exchange links for readers in Singapore. Kraken says it 'is not licensed or regulated in Singapore'. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| Hong Kong | Not confirmed | Status not confirmed; we show no link. Kraken's restrictions page does not mention Hong Kong. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| European Union / EEA | Spot and futures available; copy not confirmed | Served with limits or via a local entity. Served by Payward Europe Solutions Limited, authorised under MiCA by the Central Bank of Ireland on 25 Jun 2025 for all 30 EEA states. Futures are offered by Payward Europe Digital Solutions (CY) Ltd, licensed by CySEC (342/17). For EU readers we link to spot trading only. | 10 Oct 2026source |
| Philippines | Not available: blocked in the Philippines since Aug 2025 | Named in the Philippine SEC's August 2025 advisory; access was blocked by telecoms. | 10 Oct 2026source (secondary) |
| Thailand | Not confirmed | Not yet verified; we show no link. | Not yet verified |
| Other countries | Not reviewed | We have not reviewed other countries yet, so we show no link to Kraken there. |
EU covers EU and EEA member states. Status comes from the exchange's own terms and regulator notices; "Not linked" means we show no exchange link for that country under our own rules, whatever the exchange's status there.
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