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Kraken

Trades Nano todayFounded 2011Checked 15 Oct 2026

A crypto exchange founded in 2011 in the United States. Its parent company is Payward, Inc.

Nano on Kraken

Today: NANO/USD, NANO/EUR. About $53k of Nano in 24 hours, 14.7% of all Nano trading in CoinGecko's list CoinGecko, 20 Oct 2026

  • First listed: 6 November 2019 (first pairs NANO/USD, NANO/EUR, NANO/XBT and NANO/ETH) Kraken
  • Ticker: NANO
  • Kraken uses the ticker NANO. The NANO/BTC and NANO/ETH pairs are delisted (date not stated). Kraken API

History

  1. Kraken is founded. Kraken

  2. Public trading opens, in EUR, BTC and LTC. Kraken

  3. First proof-of-reserves audit (bitcoin), with a Merkle tree. CoinDesk (second-hand)

  4. A trading engine upgrade keeps the site offline for about two days. Cointelegraph (second-hand)

  5. Nano trading starts. Kraken

  6. Wyoming approves Kraken Financial as a special purpose depository institution. Kraken

  7. Payward, Inc. agrees with OFAC to pay $362,158.70 for 826 apparent violations of Iran sanctions, which OFAC describes as voluntarily self-disclosed and non-egregious. OFAC

  8. Two Payward companies, without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, agree to pay $30 million and stop their US staking service. SEC

  9. The SEC files a lawsuit against Payward, Inc. and Payward Ventures, Inc. SEC

  10. Kraken reports that a bug let about $3 million be withdrawn from its own treasury, not from client funds; the funds were later returned. CoinDesk (second-hand)

  11. Kraken agrees to buy NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion. Kraken

  12. The SEC dismisses its 2023 lawsuit with prejudice, a decision it says is not based on the merits. SEC

  13. Headquarters moves to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Kraken

  14. Kraken announces a confidential draft registration for a proposed IPO. Kraken

  15. Kraken Financial receives a Federal Reserve master account. Kraken

Good to know

Identity checks
Required to trade with cash. Kraken describes Verified and Verified with higher limits levels, and business accounts. Kraken
Proof of reserves
Published. An independent accountant checks a Merkle tree of client balances against on-chain holdings; clients can check their own balance. Latest snapshot: 30 June 2026 (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, XRP; not Nano). Kraken
Nano withdrawal fee
0.05 NANO; minimum withdrawal 0.10 NANO. Fees can change. Kraken

Sources

All checked on 15 Oct 2026. "Second-hand" marks a source that is not the exchange, a regulator, a court or a filing.

  1. Kraken: blog.kraken.com/news/kraken-is-born
  2. Kraken: blog.kraken.com/news/kraken-opens-for-trading
  3. Wikipedia (second-hand): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_(cryptocurrency_exchange)
  4. Kraken: blog.kraken.com/news/kraken-relocates-headquarters-to-wyoming
  5. Kraken disclosures: kraken.com/legal/disclosures
  6. Kraken: support.kraken.com/articles/where-is-kraken-licensed-or-regulated
  7. Kraken: blog.kraken.com/news/nano-trading-starts-on-kraken
  8. Kraken API: api.kraken.com/0/public/AssetPairs
  9. CoinDesk (second-hand): coindesk.com/markets/2014/03/24/kraken-bitcoin-exchange-passes-proof-of-reserves-cryptographic-audit
  10. Cointelegraph (second-hand): cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-down-nearly-48-hours-gives-engineers-time-to-rest-before-resuming-service
  11. Kraken: kraken.com/financial
  12. OFAC: ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20221128
  13. SEC: sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023-25
  14. SEC: sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023-237
  15. CoinDesk (second-hand): coindesk.com/business/2024/06/19/kraken-says-hackers-turned-to-extortion-after-exploiting-bug-for-3m
  16. Kraken: kraken.com/press/releases/kraken-to-acquire-ninjatrader-introducing-the-next-era-of-professional-trading
  17. SEC: sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26278
  18. Kraken: blog.kraken.com/news/draft-registration-statement-initial-public-offering
  19. Kraken: blog.kraken.com/news/federal-reserve-master-account
  20. Kraken: support.kraken.com/articles/360001395743-verification-levels-explained
  21. Kraken: kraken.com/proof-of-reserves
  22. Kraken: support.kraken.com/articles/360000767986-cryptocurrency-withdrawal-fees-and-minimums

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