Kraken got fed up of waiting on TradFi so it built its own bank to access the Fed — and it just worked

Kraken has cleared a regulatory hurdle that crypto firms have chased for years: direct access to the Federal Reserve’s core payments infrastructure. On March 4, the exchange said its Wyoming-charte...

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Kraken got fed up of waiting on TradFi so it built its own bank to access the Fed — and it just worked

Source: CryptoSlate

Kraken has cleared a regulatory hurdle that crypto firms have chased for years: direct access to the Federal Reserve’s core payments infrastructure. On March 4, the exchange said its Wyoming-chartered bank, Kraken Financial, has been granted a Federal Reserve master account, allowing it to settle US dollar payments directly over Fed rails instead of routing […]