Kraken, one of the longest-standing, most liquid and secure cryptocurrency exchanges, today announced a strategic partnership with Alpaca, a leading brokerage infrastructure API and self-clearing broker-dealer offering equities, options, fixed income and crypto trading.

Through this partnership, Alpaca has expanded its existing regulated crypto spot and derivatives trading capabilities by incorporating Kraken Embed, Kraken’s Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution. The enhancement provides Alpaca’s more than 200 enterprise partners with seamless access to hundreds of cryptocurrencies, powered by Kraken’s deep global liquidity and institutional-grade infrastructure, all through Alpaca’s unified Broker API.

“Kraken is a global leader in crypto, with 15 years of experience operating one of the most liquid and trusted marketplaces in the industry,” said Brett McLain, Head of Payments and Blockchain at Kraken. “With Kraken Embed, financial institutions can offer compliant end-to-end crypto solutions without the burden of managing complex infrastructure, making it faster and easier to meet growing user demand.”

Kraken’s deep liquidity and global network of regulatory licenses provides Alpaca’s partners with access to robust markets and efficient execution. Combined with Alpaca’s regulatory licensing and infrastructure, the partnership delivers a frictionless, full-service solution for multi-asset trading that enables clients to integrate equities and crypto into their apps with minimal engineering effort.

This partnership is currently live in the United States, with plans to expand to Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom in the near future. The roadmap also includes additional offerings such as staking and crypto derivatives, supporting the needs of a growing user base for cryptocurrencies.

“With this partnership, we’ve delivered an innovative offering in the industry by combining our own securities and crypto licenses together with those of Kraken in a seamless way,” said Yoshi Yokokawa, CEO and Co-Founder at Alpaca. “What institutions want is a unified custom view, settlement and funding flow across asset classes; they want a single integration point and they want it in all geographies. Our partnership with Kraken lays the foundation to expand this product to more territories at the speed and quality that institutions have come to expect.”

Kraken Embed specializes in fast, scalable crypto trading integrations built and launched in a matter of weeks. This rapid deployment model means institutions can offer clients access to

Kraken’s deep liquidity and regulated trading environment with minimal engineering lift, accelerating time-to-market while maintaining regulatory and operational rigor.

The announcement follows Kraken’s selection of Alpaca as its infrastructure provider for stock and ETF trading, a strategic partner to further Kraken’s goal of becoming an all-in-one platform for both digital and traditional assets.

This launch also comes on the heels of Kraken Embed’s integration with bunq, one of Europe’s leading neobanks, reinforcing Kraken’s commitment to enabling global access to crypto through robust, compliant infrastructure.