At Kraken, we’re committed to building a secure and trusted platform for our clients. Over the past few years, we’ve significantly strengthened our global compliance framework – investing deeply in the people, processes and systems that keep our platform secure.
We recently reached a key milestone in that journey: the completion of a multi-year effort to enhance our sanctions compliance program across the board. This achievement reflects not only our ongoing engagement with regulators – including the finalization of commitments made in past years – but also the ongoing advancement of Kraken’s approach to risk, oversight and operational excellence.
As part of our ongoing work with U.S. regulators, Kraken recently completed its third and final certification with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – an external validation of the robust controls and processes we’ve put in place to manage sanctions risk.
What began as an initiative to enhance our sanctions controls quickly evolved into something much bigger: An overarching effort to build one of the most robust, scalable and future-proof compliance programs in the industry.
Every one of these upgrades is a step toward our larger goal: making Kraken the most trusted and secure venue for crypto. Together, these capabilities help protect our clients, strengthen trust and reinforce Kraken’s role as a responsible industry leader.
Strong compliance isn’t just about risk reduction – it’s a strategic advantage. With these improvements, Kraken is ideally positioned to:
The compliance infrastructure we’ve built is scalable, resilient, and dynamic – designed not only to meet today’s demands but to anticipate those of tomorrow. We’re proud of how far we’ve come and even more excited for where we’re headed. Because at Kraken, building responsibly isn’t just a goal. It’s how we lead the way, create a safer industry ecosystem and accelerate crypto adoption.
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