BY ENTERING THE COMPETITION, YOU AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES, THE KRAKEN.COM TERMS OF SERVICE, PAYWARD DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TERMS & CONDITIONS, AND THE PAYWARD DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LTD. TERMS & CONDITIONS, WHICH EACH FORM A CONTRACT, READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING.
Kraken Pro Futures Market Masters (“Competition”) is run by Payward Digital Solutions Ltd., a company incorporated in Bermuda with registered number 202403268 and with a registered address Park Place, 55, Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, Pembroke, HM 11, Bermuda. Payward Digital Solutions Ltd. is licensed to conduct digital assets business by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Trading futures, derivatives and other instruments using leverage involves an element of risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Read Kraken Derivatives’ risk disclosure to learn more.
Subject to these Official Rules (“Rules”), the Competition is open only to those who:
Agree to the Kraken.com Terms of Service and create a Kraken Account (as defined in the Kraken.com Terms of Service) prior to entering the Competition; and
Ensure your Kraken Account is verified; and,
Reside in a jurisdiction where futures trading promotions are available or otherwise eligible to participate in the Competition.
Eligible Competition jurisdictions include: China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, Taiwan - Province of China, Singapore, Mexico, Thailand, India, Vietnam, Jamaica, Republic of Korea, Pakistan, Mauritius, Serbia, Georgia, Kosovo, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Uruguay, Panama, North Macedonia, Morocco, Kuwait, Jordan, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, French Polynesia, Ukraine, Switzerland
Agree to the Payward Digital Solutions Ltd. Terms and create an Account (as defined in the applicable terms) prior to entering the Competition; and,
Are not a Market Maker or Institutional account; and,
Are not otherwise ineligible to participate under the Kraken.com Terms of Service, the Payward Digital Solutions Terms & Conditions, these Rules, and applicable law.
Employees, officers, directors, managers, agents, consultants and representatives and family members of Kraken employees and consultants (or people living in the same household whether related or not), or their corporate partners, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors in interest, advertising, promotion, and public relations agencies (collectively, the “Competition Entities”) are not eligible. For the purposes of the Competition, family members are defined as spouse, mother, father, legal guardian, in-laws, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, children and grandchildren (including “step” as they may apply).
To participate in this Competition, you will need to:
Click on the “Register to Compete” link from the Kraken Pro app or web competition page.
If you are not signed in to your Kraken Account, you will be prompted to sign in or to create a Kraken Account if you do not already have one.
Once you are signed into your Kraken Account, you will need to verify your account if you have not already done so.
Select your competition nickname and register from the Kraken Pro competition page.
You can track your performance against other participants on the Competition Leaderboard on Kraken Pro.
Engage in qualifying Futures trading activity as described in each of the three promotional reward tracks below.
Promotion A: Locked Collateral Bonus
Promotion B: First Trade Loss Protection
Definition of Realized Loss:
Realized loss is defined as the PnL on the user’s first closed position by the competition cutoff time.
Cutoff Time: 28th Jul 12:00 UTC
Promotion C: ROI Leaderboard Prizes
“New User” is anyone who has not traded on Kraken Futures before June 23, 2025.
Determination of Winners
Prizes
Leaderboard prizes:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $7,000 |
| 2nd | $5,000 |
| 3rd | $3,000 |
| 4th | $2,000 |
| 5th | $1,000 |
| 6th | $500 |
| 7th | $500 |
| 8th | $500 |
| 9th | $250 |
| 10th | $250 |
Ranking of Competition participants (and resulting eligibility for leaderboard prizes) will be determined by calculating return on investment (ROI) as follows:
ROI = Profit / (future account balance at the start of the period + transfers into futures during the period)
Profit = (futures account balance at the end of the competitive period + futures unrealised profit or loss end of Competition Period) - (futures account balance at start of the Competition Period + futures unrealised profit or loss start of Competition Period) + transfers out of futures wallet during the period - transfers into futures wallet during the period.
ROI will be calculated using USD rates for all futures balances.
Please note that sub-account Profit, loss, trading volume, and ROI will be ignored and not used in calculations of rankings in the Competition; only master account ROI and Profit will be included for the determination of rankings and prize winners in the Competition.
To be eligible for a Promotion C prize, winners must meet a minimum trading volume of 10,000 USD during the Competition Period.
During the Competition Period, rankings will be visible on the Competition leaderboard. A final determination of rankings for the purpose of awarding prizes will be done promptly following the end of the Competition Period.
In the event that multiple participants have the same calculated ROI at the end of the Competition Period, the tie will be broken in the following order:
A. The participant who has the highest ROI to the fourth decimal as calculated by Kraken.
B. The participant who first registered for the Competition.
Winners of Promotions A and B will receive the Locked Collateral Voucher and the Loss Protection Credit in their Kraken Futures Account. Winners of Promotion C will be notified via the email address provided in their Kraken Account.
Any digital asset or legal tender balances generated during the Competition Period are subject to the applicable terms of the Payward Digital Solutions Ltd Terms of Service during and after the Competition Period, including the ability to withdraw those digital assets or legal tender from your Kraken Account at any time as well as the implications of a risk of loss. Lastly, at the end of the Competition Period, all MC Futures Orders will remain active unless you cancel the Order and all MC Futures contracts and positions will remain open unless you close the contracts and positions in accordance with the terms of the Payward Digital Solutions Ltd Terms of Service.
By entering the Competition, you agree that any content and any other information submitted by you or collected by Kraken in connection with the Competition may be used by Kraken and shared with Kraken’s affiliates. You give consent for Kraken and its agents to obtain and deliver your name, address and other information to third parties for the purpose of administering this Competition and complying with applicable laws, regulations, and rules. Except as otherwise contemplated in these Official Rules, Kraken will use personal information collected in connection with the Competition in accordance with its online privacy policy, located at https://kraken.com/legal/privacy.
You further represent and warrant that you meet all eligibility criteria for participation in the Competition and grant the Competition Entities an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive worldwide license to publish, post, display, copy, distribute, transmit, edit, use alone, together or with other works, and otherwise use your Competition information (including leaderboard rank, Nickname, P&L (%), and Potential Reward level), and any other indicia of persona in any manner whatsoever throughout the world, including on the internet, and at any time or times, in connection with the Competition, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter discovered, without additional compensation, review or approval rights, notification or permission, except where prohibited by law, and you release all Releases from any and all liability related thereto. For the sake of clarity, you give consent and approval to announce Competition results during and at the completion of the Competition Period on the internet and social media applications. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF YOU ARE A PRIZE WINNER, YOUR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES.
In no event shall Kraken be obligated to award any prizes other than the prizes specified in these Official Rules. All prize details not specified in these Rules will be determined in Kraken’s sole discretion. Kraken will have no obligations or responsibilities to any participant after the Competition Period expires and prize winners’ Kraken Futures Accounts have been funded with any prizes. Kraken is not responsible for any inability of the prize winner to accept, access, withdraw, or otherwise use any prize (or portion thereof) for any reason. Kraken is not obligated to award any prizes beyond the stated prizes in accordance with these Rules. Participants waive the right to assert any and all costs of verification and participation in the Competition as a cost of winning any prize. Any and all taxes and duties that may be due on the value of the prize is the responsibility of the prize winner.
By participating in the Competition, you agree to and hereby do release and hold harmless Kraken and its officers and agents from any damage, injury, death, loss, claim, action, demand, or other liability (collectively, “Claims”) that may arise from your acceptance, possession and/or use of any prize or your participation in this Competition, regardless of whether such Claims, or knowledge of the facts constituting such Claims, exist at the time of entry or arise at any time thereafter. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Competition may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Kraken reserves the right to modify these Official Rules in any way or at any time. Kraken reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this Competition should viruses, bugs or other causes beyond their control corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the Competition. In the event of cancellation or suspension, Kraken shall promptly post a notice on Kraken’s website to such effect.
Without limiting any other provision in these Official Rules, Kraken is not responsible or liable to any participant or prize winner or any person claiming through such participant or prize winner for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof in the event that any of the Competition activities or the Competition Entities’ operations or activities are affected, as determined by the Kraken in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, war, fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any law, rule, regulation, order or other action adopted or taken by any governmental, federal, state or local government authority, or any other cause, whether or not specifically mentioned above.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPETITION, YOU AGREE THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED BETWEEN YOU AND KRAKEN ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE COMPETITION, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, WILL BE RESOLVED INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (B) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS WILL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL THIRD-PARTY, OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED, (IF ANY), NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00), BUT IN NO EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS’ FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE; (C) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL YOU BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND YOU HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, OTHER THAN ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00), AND/OR ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED; AND (D) YOUR REMEDIES ARE LIMITED TO A CLAIM FOR MONEY DAMAGES (IF ANY) AND YOU IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR EQUITABLE RELIEF.
Any dispute arising under or related hereto (whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise) will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without reference to its conflicts of law principles. By participating in this Competition, you agree that any dispute arising from or relating to this Competition shall be determined by confidential binding arbitration only in San Francisco, CA, by and under the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures of JAMS, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Kraken may seek equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. If any provision of these rules is held to be illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these rules otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
Kraken is not responsible or liable for any of the following: (a) stolen, lost, late, misdirected, garbled, mutilated, damaged, incomplete, inaccurate, or illegible e-mail, mail, Competition-related correspondence or any technical, computer, mechanical, printing, typographical, human or other errors relating to or in connection with the Competition, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Competition, the transmission of notification or correspondence, the processing of participants, the announcement of any prize or in any Competition related materials; (b) technical failures of any kind; (c) unauthorized human and/or mechanical intervention; (d) human error; (e) any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in transmission or communication; (f) viruses or mechanical malfunctions; (g) errors, typos, or misprints in these Rules, in any Competition related advertisements or other materials; or (h) lost or unavailable network connections. Kraken is not responsible for electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of filtering or insufficient space in your e-mail account. Kraken is not responsible, and may disqualify you, if your e-mail address, telephone, or other contact information does not work or if it is changed without giving prior written notice to Kraken. If for any reason your entry in the Competition is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed, corrupted or for any other reason not accepted as an entry into the Competition, your sole remedy is another entry in the Competition.
The terms of the Payward Digital Solutions Ltd Terms of Service apply to your use of the Services (as defined in the applicable agreement) and are incorporated herein by reference. Kraken’s failure to enforce any term of these Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Kraken’s decisions will be final in all matters relating to the Competition.
Kraken reserves the right to disqualify participants for (1) violation of these Rules or the Kraken.com Terms of Service, Payward Digital Solutions Terms of Service; (2) violations of applicable law; (3) using an account other than your own Kraken Account; (4) using multiple accounts; (5) engaging in unfair competition as determined by Kraken in its sole discretion, or (6) inappropriate, offensive, or other derogatory language or information (including for example offensive Competition nicknames). Kraken is not responsible for any changes or unavailability of your internet, your Kraken Account or any other interference with your ability to access or otherwise participate in the Competition, or receive notices or communicate with Kraken.
Kraken reserves the right to restrict or void participation from any IP address if any suspicious participation is detected. Kraken reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify participants who Kraken believes have attempted to tamper with or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Competition. In the event there is an alleged or actual ambiguity, discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Competition-related materials and/or these Rules (including any alleged discrepancy or inconsistency in these Rules), it will be resolved in Kraken’s sole discretion. You waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Competition or these Rules. If Kraken determines at any time in its sole discretion that you are disqualified, ineligible, or in violation of these Rules, or engaging in behavior that Kraken deems obnoxious, inappropriate, threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Kraken reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify you from the Competition. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. If the Competition is not capable of running as planned for any reason, Kraken reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the Competition and award prizes from eligible entries received prior to cancellation, modification, or suspension or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Kraken. Each potential winner may be required to provide Kraken with proof that he or she is the authorized account holder. If a dispute cannot be resolved to Kraken’s satisfaction, the individual(s) may be deemed ineligible in Kraken’s sole discretion.