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The S&P 500 is now live inside Kraken's funded trading program, giving participants round-the-clock exposure to the US equity benchmark from a crypto exchange that is extending its asset coverage well beyond digital assets.
Commodities are next in the queue as Kraken builds out what it calls a multi-asset offering.
What the program does A funded trading program is straightforward in concept: the platform provides the capital, the participant makes the trades, and gains are split on agreed terms.
Kraken has operated one for crypto assets. The new layer is US equities, and the 24-hour framing immediately raises a structural question. The S&P 500 trades during set market hours.
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