Crypto Dave

Product @Kraken, Ex-Chainlink - Crypto, DeFi, Web3 - Usual: NOT financial advice, views are my own… DYOR

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Great working on this stay tuned…
LFG

[Ledger @Ledger]

Ledger 🤝 @Payward (parent company of @krakenfx)

Ledger and Payward are joining forces to close the gap between secure self-custody and global liquidity.

Interact with global markets seamlessly, without ever giving up control of your keys. Here’s what is coming 👇

[Washington Sanchez 🦇🔊 @drwasho]

2.2.0 Kraken Wallet Update 🔥
- Hide small token balances (customise the threshold)
- Improved swap security checks
- Added a recovery option when migrating to v2
- Improved translations, migration reliability

Next up: Bitcoin private keys

Also considering renaming Kraken Wallet to Kraken Wallet

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Former LSEG. Current Payward. Watching both sides of my career converge in one announcement.

When I left LSEG this was still theoretical.

Today its infrastructure.

[Payward @Payward]

Payward and the London Stock Exchange are partnering to advance the tokenization of UK equity markets.

In the coming weeks, the 100 largest London-listed equities will go live as xStocks, bringing 24/7, programmable onchain access to investors in more than 110 countries.

https://t.co/ew0fjts23D

[Kraken @krakenfx]

One of the most anticipated IPOs of the decade.

Coming to Kraken as a tokenized equity.

Full details soon. 👀

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

The unboxing experience on @Apple Products is an absolute thing of beauty. If you don’t find joy after that you’re dead inside,

[a16z Frontier @a16zfrontier]

The new stack for global finance, mapped 👇

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Lol 😂

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Really awesome article here from @0xfishylosopher breaks banking down nicely into its primitives then shows it being rebuilt natively within Crypto

[Jay Yu 🐟 @0xfishylosopher]

https://t.co/CUVPOihevV

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

2026 is the year stables and fiat finally blur into one.
Crypto fades into the background, and the tech disappears behind great user experience.
That’s when adoption really begins.

LFG.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

This speech *is* one for the history books. But that’s less a compliment, than a coda.

Carney has given us the words to mark the end of the ‘rules-based order’…by acknowledging it never really existed.

It was a collective illusion. That now is over.

[Joe Nakamoto ⚡️ @JoeNakamoto]

Well done @brian_armstrong

He corrected the French Bank Governor’s poor take on bitcoin

Still so early. Still so much to do.

[Arjun Sethi @arjunsethi]

The Future of Tokenized Markets Must Be Open. Not Captive.

Today, we announced our agreement to acquire @BackedFi . This is more than an acquisition. It is a commitment to building market infrastructure that is open, interoperable, and aligned with how modern financial systems actually scale.

Technology endures when the underlying architecture is clean, verifiable, and built for permissionless innovation. Open standards win because they allow builders to innovate without needing approval from a gatekeeper.

Tokenization is now at a pivotal moment. The question is whether the industry will replicate closed loops or instead converge on a global standard that functions across applications, ecosystems, and economies. Many write headlines and create noise around *their* closed platform with no usage, no engagement, and no distribution.

Backed helped to create @xStocksFi with us, as an open and multidimensional protocol. It is infrastructure rather than a product wrapper. It is designed for developers, individuals, and institutions that require transparent issuance, predictable behavior, and globally interoperable settlement.

This acquisition brings capital, incentives, and technical direction into alignment around a model that prioritizes openness rather than control.

THE PATH FORWARD

xStocks already spans more than sixty tokenized equities and exchange traded funds across multiple chains. It is built for portability, composability, and true ownership. Integrating Backed into Kraken accelerates this trajectory by strengthening issuance, deepening liquidity, and embedding tokenized equities directly into everyday financial experiences.

Our strategy is straightforward. Tokenized finance only scales if it remains open.
Not tied to a single chain.
Not locked inside a proprietary stack.
Not dependent on intermediaries that extract value in the background.

A global standard must meet users and builders where they already operate.

Similar to widely adopted digital dollar tokens such as USDC and USDT, xStocks is intended to serve as a neutral financial infrastructure. There is one important distinction.

xStocks can generate revenue through securities lending, and those rewards will be returned to token holders.

The value created by your assets should accrue to you. Not to a custodian. Not to a broker dealer. Not to any opaque intermediary. This reflects a core principle. Customers must benefit from the full economic utility of the assets they choose to hold.

@krakenfx is committed to ensuring that portions of revenue or rewards generated through the xStocks platform are distributed transparently through a mechanism itself. More details will come, but the foundation is clear. Customers should always benefit directly from the performance of their own assets.

THE CONSEQUENCE

If tokenization moves toward closed environments, we will recreate the limits of legacy finance with new branding. Innovation slows. Liquidity fractures. Ownership becomes conditional.

If the architecture remains open and interoperable, markets grow according to their own dynamics. Developers build more. Users gain more control. Capital moves with fewer intermediaries and greater transparency.

This is the future we choose. And @krakenfx will choose open, transparent, permissionless.

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Life is poker:
No control over the hand you’re dealt.
Skill ≠ guaranteed win, bad beats happen, take them and move on.
Luck will trick you into thinking you’re a genius.
And hey…
No crying in the casino. 🎰 🎰 🎰

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Adding another string to Kraken bow!
LFG.

[Kraken Prime @KrakenPrimeHQ]

Introducing Kraken Ramp. Your trusted gateway to the digital economy.

One API. Global on/off-ramps.

☑️ Launch in days
☑️ 24+ payment methods (ACH, SEPA, PIX, Apple Pay & more)
☑️ Regulatory-ready footprint

Built for apps, wallets & protocols.

Start building today 👇

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Raising the bar for token sales.

No insiders. No shortcuts. Just real access for real users.

A new standard is here.

https://t.co/eEBVVdWb3h

[Kraken @krakenfx]

Welcome back 'Diamond hands'

[Kraken Pro @krakenpro]

👀

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Sale on Kraken starts 2pm UTC today!
Don’t miss out.

[Michael Egorov @newmichwill]

Oh my!

[Beluga @heybeluga]

Whales are hunting...

@yieldbasis is making history as the very first @legiondotcc x Kraken pre-sale!

By DeFi legend / prev founder of Curve, Michael Egorov.

TL;DR - $YB goes live 14:00 UTC Oct 1, to "End Impermanent Loss for BTC Liquidity"

It's live and oversubscribed 👀

[Crypto Dave @DMBrumField]

Couldn’t imagine a stronger first launch project.

The @yieldbasis team is tackling one of crypto’s toughest challenges with real innovation and conviction.

These are the kinds of projects that move the space forward serious teams, solving real problems. This is how crypto earns its place.

[Kraken @krakenfx]

Introducing YieldBasis on Kraken Launch!

Full sale details coming soon.

First-come, first-served basis.

But first, What is @yieldbasis?