Fortune magazine placed Kraken in its CeFi category, citing its banking charter, $1.5bn NinjaTrader acquisition, and over $2bn in average daily volume in Q1’26.
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Slay Markets says it will launch prediction markets, alongside standard futures products.
NinjaTrader now works with 18 prop firms. We look at why and what its partnership with Tradeify and Slay Markets means.
U.S. prop firm Tradeify has opened a retail brokerage waitlist under the Slay Markets brand, with NinjaTrader serving as the sole clearing partner and futures commission merchant for all customer activity.
NinjaTrader joins IG, Freetrade, and several other retail brokers using Adclear to automate finprom compliance.
By setting extremely high per contract liquidation fees, a futures broker could earn over 75% of a client’s deposit by autoliquidating them.
It is very hard to see how Kraken could buy NinjaTrader in cash. This deal is about equity issuance and a potential IPO.
Kraken will be able to offer futures and get a license in the US, while NinjaTrader can now offer its products in the UK, EU, and Australia.
