Cryptocurrency News & Market Updates

ALIGN is available for trading!

We’re thrilled to announce that ALIGN is available for trading on Kraken!

Funding and trading

ALIGN trading is live as of August 21, 2026.

Aug 21, 2026 • 2 min read

Introducing AI side panel assistant: our new in-chart analyst on Kraken Pro

Aug 21, 2026 • 4 min read

The Token Identity Crisis

Aug 21, 2026 • 5 min read

HTX Research Latest Report | The Industrialization of Intelligence and the Bubble Cycle: Token Economics, Capital Expenditure, and the Repricing of Risk-Reward Across U.S. AI Equities

Aug 21, 2026 • 31 min read

Community Update August 2026: Faster Funding, Smarter Search, New Price Alerts

Aug 20, 2026 • 4 min read

The Commodities Cup: trade oil, gas, and copper for a share of $10,000 USDG

Aug 20, 2026 • 4 min read

USDGO is available for trading!

Aug 19, 2026 • 2 min read

Profit-taking Becoming Exhausted as BTC Continues to Hit Resistance

Aug 19, 2026 • 8 min read

The Bitcoin Trading Challenge: Trade BTC for a chance to win your share of 1 BTC

TL;DR

Kraken is running the Bitcoin Trading Challenge, a one-month BTC perp trading competition with a prize pool of 1 BTC, paid in Bitcoin rather than a fiat equivalent.
The competition runs from August 19 to September 19, 2026 and is open to eligible clients outside the EEA, US, UK, Australia and Canada.
Traders are ranked by realized PnL on closed BTC perp positions, so placement reflects trading performance rather than account size.
Up to 600 places share the pool, with 0.15 BTC going to first place and a $25 realized PnL minimum to qualify.

Most Bitcoin trading competitions pay out in something other than Bitcoin. You trade the asset, and the prize arrives as a stablecoin balance, a voucher or a piece of hardware.

Aug 19, 2026 • 3 min read