On February 24, 2026, Kraken announced the launch of tokenized U.S. stock perpetual futures, a major on-chain development. The product, built on xStocks, is available to non-U.S. users in over 110 countries and tracks digital representations of major U.S. stocks, indices, and gold ETFs. This launch marks Kraken’s first regulated perpetual futures offering based on tokenized assets.

BlockBeats news, on February 24, according to CoinDesk, Kraken revealed that it will launch the first regulated perpetual futures contract based on tokenized stocks.

This product is available to eligible non-U.S. users in over 110 countries and provides digital access to major U.S. stocks, indices, and gold ETFs, built on xStocks, a tokenized stock service acquired by Kraken in December last year.