(Reuters) -Kraken, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said on Thursday it would buy retail futures trading ...

Kraken is acquiring retail futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, allowing the crypto exchange to offer crypto futures and derivatives in the US for the first time and to expand ...

The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken agreed to a $1.5 billion deal for NinjaTrader, a U.S. retail futures trading platform, in a bid to expand its user base and move into other asset classes.

NinjaTrader’s 2 million traders gain global reach via Kraken’s U.K., EU, Australian licenses, per acquisition terms. Deal faces regulatory scrutiny despite Kraken’s $1.5B revenue ...