{"id":55053,"date":"2021-12-22T10:07:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T08:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55053"},"modified":"2025-09-03T23:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:29:20","slug":"kraken-acquires-staking-platform-staked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/kraken-acquires-staking-platform-staked\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken acquires staking platform Staked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has acquired the staking platform Staked. The company called the deal &#8220;one of the biggest acquisitions in the industry,&#8221; but did not disclose financial details.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kraken is thrilled to announce it has acquired Staked, in one of the biggest crypto deals of all time!<\/p>\n<p>With the deal, Kraken takes an important step in becoming the crypto ecosystem of choice for both retail and professional investors.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/26WfBKqO3F\">https:\/\/t.co\/26WfBKqO3F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx\/status\/1473377483336691723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, the acquisition will complement Kraken&#8217;s existing staking offering, allowing customers to earn on their cryptocurrency while maintaining full control over their assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The success of our staking business demonstrates that Kraken has become more than a custodian and a trading venue. We have become a full-fledged crypto platform with a diverse range of products that meet the needs of retail, professional, and institutional clients,&#8221; said Kraken CEO Jesse Powell.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, the staking data provider and other sources of revenue from digital assets, Staking Rewards <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/galaxy-digital-and-dcg-back-staking-data-provider-staking-rewards\">closed an investment round of $3.2 million<\/a>, with a 6x oversubscription. It was led by Galaxy Digital, Digital Currency Group and CoinShares.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 crypto news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has acquired the staking platform Staked. The company called the deal &#8220;one of the biggest acquisitions in the industry,&#8221; but did not disclose financial details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1289,193],"class_list":["post-55053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-staking","tag-kraken"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55055,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55053\/revisions\/55055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}