Where can I use Kraken?

We welcome clients from all over the world, with a few specific exceptions due to international and local financial & cryptocurrency regulations. Depending on your verified residency, you may have certain restrictions on your account. Refer to our Terms of Service for complete information on our eligibility criteria. Some account features are only available at certain verification levels.

If you have any questions about this topic, feel free to contact Support.

Our funding providers may, at their own discretion, deny funding to certain geographical locations.

Some regions are not yet able to use debit or credit cards. Please refer to our FAQ on debit and credit cards for the full list of accepted regions.

Asia

North America

South America

Africa

Algeria

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Algeria.

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Angola

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Angola.

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Benin

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Benin.

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Botswana

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Botswana.

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Burkina Faso

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Burkina Faso.

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Burundi

Clients in Burundi can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Cameroon

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Cameroon.

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Cape Verde

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Cape Verde.

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Central African Republic

Clients in Central African Republic can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Chad

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Chad.

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Comoros

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Comoros.

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Djibouti

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Djibouti.

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Egypt

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Egypt.

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Equatorial Guinea

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Equatorial Guinea.

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Eritrea

Clients in Eritrea can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Eswatini

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Eswatini.

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Ethiopia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Ethiopia.

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Gabon

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Gabon.

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The Gambia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in The Gambia.

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Ghana

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Ghana.

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Guinea

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Guinea.

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Guinea-Bissau

Clients in Guinea-Bissau can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Ivory Coast

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Ivory Coast.

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Kenya

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Kenya.

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Lesotho

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Lesotho.

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Liberia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Liberia.

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Madagascar

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Madagascar.

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Malawi

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Malawi.

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Mali

Clients in Mali can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Mauritania

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Mauritania.

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Mauritius

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Mauritius.

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Morocco

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Morocco.

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Mozambique

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Mozambique.

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Namibia

Clients in Namibia can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Niger

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Niger.

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Nigeria

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Nigeria.

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Rwanda

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Rwanda.

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Saint Helena

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Saint Helena.

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Sao Tome and Principe

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Sao Tome and Principe.

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Senegal

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Senegal.

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Seychelles

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Seychelles.

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Sierra Leone

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Sierra Leone.

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Somalia

Clients in Somalia can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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South Africa

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in South Africa.

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South Sudan

Clients in South Sudan can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Sudan

Clients in Sudan can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Tanzania

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Tanzania.

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Togo

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Togo.

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Tunisia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Tunisia.

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Uganda

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Uganda.

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Zambia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Zambia.

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Zimbabwe

Clients in Zimbabwe can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Asia

Armenia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Armenia.

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Azerbaijan

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Azerbaijan.

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Bahrain

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Bahrain.

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Bangladesh

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Bangladesh.

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Bhutan

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Bhutan.

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British Indian Ocean Territory

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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Brunei

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Brunei.

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Cambodia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Cambodia.

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China

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in China.

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Cyprus

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Cyprus.

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Georgia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Georgia.

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Hong Kong

Kraken offers most services to our clients living in Hong Kong, with the following exception:

*Clients living in Hong Kong cannot use Off-chain staking.

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India

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in India.

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Indonesia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Indonesia.

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Israel

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Israel.

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Japan

Kraken has decided to cease its operations in Japan and deregister from the Financial Services Agency (JFSA) as of January 31, 2023. For more information, please visit our blog.

Jordan

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Jordan.

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Kazakhstan

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Kuwait

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Kuwait.

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Kyrgyzstan

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Kyrgyzstan.

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Laos

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Laos.

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Lebanon

Clients in Lebanon can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Malaysia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Malaysia.

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Maldives

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Maldives.

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Mongolia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Mongolia.

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Myanmar

Clients in Myanmar can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Nepal

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Nepal.

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Oman

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Oman.

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Pakistan

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Pakistan.

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Palestine

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Palestine.

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Philippines

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Philippines.

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Qatar

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Qatar.

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Saudi Arabia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Saudi Arabia.

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Singapore

Kraken offers most services to our clients living in Singapore, with the following exceptions:

*Clients living in Singapore cannot use Off-chain staking.
*Clients residing in Singapore cannot trade futures.

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Sri Lanka

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Sri Lanka.

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Taiwan

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Taiwan.

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Thailand

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Thailand.

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Timor-Leste / East Timor

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Timor-Leste / East Timor.

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Turkiye

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Turkiye.

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Turkmenistan

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Turkmenistan.

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United Arab Emirates

Kraken offers most services to our clients living in the United Arab Emirates, with the following exception:

Clients living in the United Arab Emirates cannot use Off-chain staking.

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Uzbekistan

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Uzbekistan.

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Vietnam

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Vietnam.

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Yemen

Clients in Yemen can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Europe

Albania

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Albania.

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Andorra

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Andorra.

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Armenia

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Azerbaijan

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Belarus

Clients in Belarus can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Belgium

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Belgium.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Bulgaria

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Bulgaria.

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Croatia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Croatia.

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Cyprus

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Czech Republic

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Czech Republic.

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Denmark

Kraken offers our full services to clients living Denmark.

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Estonia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Estonia.

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Finland

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Finland.

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Georgia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Georgia.

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Greece

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Greece.

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Hungary

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Hungary.

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Iceland

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Iceland.

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Ireland

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Ireland.

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Italy

Kraken offers most services to our clients living in Italy, with the following exception:

*Clients residing in Italy cannot trade futures.

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Kazakhstan

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Kazakhstan.

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Latvia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Latvia.

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Liechtenstein

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Liechtenstein.

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Lithuania

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Lithuania.

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Luxembourg

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Luxembourg.

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Malta

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Malta.

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Moldova

Kraken offers most services to clients living in Moldova.

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Monaco

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Monaco.

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Montenegro

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Netherlands

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Netherlands.

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North Macedonia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in North Macedonia.

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Norway

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Norway.

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Poland

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Poland.

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Portugal

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Portugal.

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Romania

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Romania.

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San Marino

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in San Marino.

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Serbia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Serbia.

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Slovakia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Slovakia.

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Slovenia

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Slovenia.

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Spain

Kraken offers most services to clients living in Spain, with the following exceptions:
*Clients residing in Spain cannot trade futures.

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Sweden

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Sweden.

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Switzerland

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Switzerland.

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Turkey

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Turkey.

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Ukraine

Kraken offers most services to clients living in Ukraine, with the exception of Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions.

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For information on Kraken's Ukraine Aid program, please visit our blog or FAQ page.

United Kingdom

Kraken offers most services to our clients living in the United Kingdom, with the following exceptions:

*Clients living in the United Kingdom cannot use Off-chain staking.
*Futures trading is restricted for retail clients.

Cryptocurrency restrictions:
*Cannot deposit or trade XMR.

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Vatican City

Kraken offers our full services to clients living in Vatican City.

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North America

Anguilla

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Antigua and Barbuda

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Antigua and Barbuda.

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Bahamas, The

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Barbados

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Belize

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Bermuda

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British Virgin Islands

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in the British Virgin Islands.

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Canada

Kraken offers most services to our Canadian clients, with the following exceptions:

Account Verification:
Starter verification is not available. Clients in Canada will need to verify to Intermediate level.

Earn restrictions

Cannot use Off-chain staking.
Cannot stake GRT or FLR.
Parachain auctions are not available to residents of Canada.
Bonded staking is not available to residents of Canada.

Cryptocurrency restrictions

Cannot trade ETH2.S, however can stake ETH.
Cannot deposit, hold, or trade ACA, AGLD, ALICE, APT, ASTR, ATLAS, AUDIO, CFG, CSM, C98, GLMR, HDX, INTR, JASMY, KIN, MC, MV, NMR, NODL, NYM, ORCA, OXY, PARA, PERP, PSTAKE, RAY, REQ, ROOK, SAMO, SDN, STEP, TEER, WOO, YGG or XRT.

Margin trading restrictions:

Margin trading is only available to Ontario and Québec, Canada clients that meet specific requirements.

Futures trading restrictions:

Clients residing in Ontario cannot trade futures

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Cayman Islands

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Costa Rica

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Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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El Salvador

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Grenada

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Grenada.

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Guatemala

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Haiti

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Haiti.

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Honduras

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Jamaica

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Jamaica.

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Mexico

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Montserrat

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Nicaragua

Clients in Nicaragua can create an account but may be restricted from funding.

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Panama

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Turks and Caicos Islands

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United States

Kraken offers most services to our American clients, with the following restrictions:

No services to NY and WA residents

At this time, Kraken does not offer service to residents of:

Washington state (WA)
New York (NY)

While we strive to offer our services to all US residents, the cost of maintaining regulatory compliance in some states can be very high, forcing us to make hard choices about whether cost justifies doing business in the state.

If you move outside of these states, you can use your new address for regular verification. Be sure to provide a Proof of Residence document so we can legally provide our services to you.

Express & Starter verification levels

Express verification level
* Available for US clients residing outside of Texas and US territories.

Starter verification level
* Available for Texas and US territories residents.
* Not available to residents in other US states.

EUR Restrictions for NH & TX residents

Residents of the US states of New Hampshire and Texas cannot deposit or hold EUR, nor trade any EUR pairs.

Futures trading restrictions

*Clients residing in the United States cannot trade futures.

Margin trading requirements

Margin trading is only available to U.S. clients that meet specific requirements.

Cash-to-cash trading restriction

US clients cannot trade cash-to-cash pairs.

Earn restrictions

Cannot use Off-chain staking.
Cannot stake GRT or FLR.
Parachain auctions are not available to residents of the United States.
Bonded staking is not available to residents of the United States.

Cryptocurrency restrictions

Cannot trade ETH2.S, however can stake ETH.
Cannot deposit, hold, or trade ACA, AGLD, ALICE, APT, ASTR, ATLAS, AUDIO, CFG, CSM, C98, GLMR, HDX, INTR, JASMY, KIN, MC, MV, NMR, NODL, NYM, ORCA, OXY, PARA, PERP, PSTAKE, RAY, REQ, ROOK, SAMO, SDN, STEP, TEER, WOO, YGG or XRT.
Cannot trade XRP.

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Oceania

Australia

Kraken offers most services to our Australian clients, with the following restrictions:

Starter verification level:
*Not available to residents in Australia.

Futures Trading Restrictions:
Retail clients who reside in Australia cannot trade futures

Earn Restrictions:
*Cannot use Off-chain staking.

*Parachain auctions are not available to residents of Australia.

Cryptocurrency restrictions:

Cannot deposit, hold or trade DASH, XMR or ZEC.

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Cook Islands

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Federated States of Micronesia

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Federated States of Micronesia.

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Fiji

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Fiji.

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Indonesia

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Kiribati

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Marshall Islands

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Nauru

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New Zealand

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Palau

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Papua New Guinea

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Pitcairn Islands

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Samoa

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Solomon Islands

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Tonga

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Tuvalu

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Vanuatu

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South America

Argentina

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Bolivia

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Brazil

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Chile

Kraken offers our full range of services to clients living in Chile.

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Colombia

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Ecuador

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Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

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Guyana

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Paraguay

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Peru

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Suriname

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Uruguay

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Venezuela

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