Kraken unveils perpetual contracts to simplify crypto trading for retail investors
Kraken is introducing Kraken Perps, a new perpetual-contracts feature, as part of a broader push to bring more advanced trading tools to retail investors.
The development comes after the crypto exchange recently expanded its tokenized equities product, xStocks, reflecting its growing role in bridging traditional finance and blockchain.
Perps for the everyday investors
With the launch of Kraken Perps, short for perpetual contracts, eligible clients in select regions can now speculate on crypto price movements without owning the underlying asset.
Unlike traditional futures, these contracts do not expire, so traders can hold long or short positions indefinitely, increasing or decreasing their exposure as their conviction changes.
The feature…
