Kraken now allows eligible users to use tokenized stocks and ETFs as collateral for futures and margin trading without selling their holdings.
The cryptocurrency exchange introduced the feature to support leveraged positions.
Users can maintain ownership of their assets while accessing additional trading options.
The update applies to eligible accounts and covers both stocks and exchange-traded funds.
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Coinbase announced further platform expansions in June 2026, introducing options trading, ACATS stock transfers, and pre-IPO perpetual futures, building on its prior moves toward an 'everything exchange'.
Kraken has started offering CFTC-regulated perpetual futures to eligible US customers through its Kraken Pro platform. The contracts are listed on Bitnomial, the exchange acquired by Kraken's parent company Payward.
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Kraken has introduced Bitcoin Vault, a new product that lets users earn bitcoin-denominated rewards on their holdings through DeFi strategies.
Demand for U.S. stocks, particularly AI-related ones, is growing among overseas investors, according to Robinhood's senior vice president Johann Kerbrat. He highlighted tokenization, 24/7 trading, and regulatory changes as key drivers expanding access beyond domestic markets. Kerbrat spoke at Consensus 2026 in Miami.
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Robinhood opened the public mainnet for its Arbitrum-based layer-2 blockchain on Wednesday, enabling tokenized stock trading and new decentralized finance products.
Coinbase introduced a new platform on Wednesday that connects artificial intelligence assistants to user accounts for automated crypto trading and payments.
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Crypto platforms faced allocation shortfalls during SpaceX's IPO last week, leading several exchanges to cancel tokenized offerings and issue refunds. The episode revealed differences between various tokenized products and their ability to deliver actual shares.