
Kraken Allows Tokenized Stocks as Collateral for Leveraged Trading
The crypto exchange now lets eligible users pledge select tokenized stocks and ETFs to back futures and margin positions without selling their holdings.

Brian Otieno
East Africa Editor · Nairobi
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has introduced a feature enabling eligible traders to post select tokenized equities and exchange-traded funds as collateral for leveraged positions, according to Cointelegraph. The move ties traditional-market assets more closely to on-chain trading infrastructure, a trend that has drawn growing attention among European investors and regulators watching the convergence of conventional finance and digital assets.
What Kraken Introduced
Under the new arrangement, qualifying users can apply certain tokenized stocks and ETFs toward futures and margin trading. The key distinction, as reported by Cointelegraph, is that traders can use these holdings as backing without having to liquidate them first. In practice, this means an investor can maintain exposure to an underlying tokenized asset while simultaneously using its value to support leveraged trades on the platform.
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