Key Highlights
- Kraken launches the Krak Mastercard debit card in the UK and EU, supporting multi-asset spending from over 400 crypto and fiat holdings.
- The card offers a 1% cash back reward in fiat or Bitcoin and will soon integrate salary deposits and high-yield DeFi “Vaults.”
- The expansion is regulated by Kraken’s MiCAR license in the EEA, building on the firm’s long history and FCA registration in the UK.
Cryptocurrency platform Kraken is launching its Krak Mastercard debit card and app to the United Kingdom and the European Union. This introduction is a part of the firm’s goal to offer a multi-asset financial account, merging digital currencies with traditional spending capabilities.
The company suggests the combined offering of the card, rewards, and wealth tools provides an alternative for customers considering moving away from conventional banks.
1% Cashback in Fiat or Bitcoin
The Krak Card, available in both physical and virtual forms, provides users with instant spending from various balances with the benefit of no foreign exchange or monthly service fees. A central feature is the 1% cash back reward on all purchases, which can be received by the user in either the local fiat currency or in Bitcoin.
The debit card leverages Mastercard’s global payment network and is integrated with the Krak app, allowing spending from the more than 400 crypto and fiat assets supported by the platform. The card is designed to enable multi-asset transactions, permitting a single purchase to be paid for using funds from several balances.
The company showed this with an example: a £100 purchase could be covered by £80 from a cash balance and the remaining £20 from a secondary asset, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana, thanks to instant currency conversion at the time of checkout. Users retain the ability to customize which assets are used first and to exclude specific holdings from payment use.
Mark Greenberg, Global Head of Consumer at Kraken, commented on the product’s philosophy: “To us, everything is money. You should be able to use whatever assets you hold to pay for everyday goods and services in the digital era we live in.” He added, “From groceries to getaways, the Krak Card makes value move freely, no matter who you are or how you choose to store your money.”
Kraken’s long-standing in the space
Kraken’s expansion in Europe builds upon its existing operational and regulatory foundations. The company is among the longest-established crypto platforms in the world. It has maintained a presence in the UK since 2013, operating as an FCA-registered platform serving local clients for more than a decade.
In the European Economic Area, the card launch follows the full activation of Kraken’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) license, which was authorized by the Central Bank of Ireland. This license provides the required regulatory framework for Kraken to offer crypto services across the region.
The Krak app, which debuted in June 2025, had already seen traction prior to the card launch, recording over 450,000 downloads in more than 130 countries. Before the card’s introduction, the app provided services such as instant transfers across 160+ countries and yield opportunities of up to 3.6% on certain eligible assets.
Vaults and Security Deposits
The launch introduces a number of new features designed to expand the utility of the app. Vaults, which are coming soon, are designed to connect customers to DeFi protocols, allowing assets to potentially create returns.
Integration with independently audited lending protocols will seek to ensure returns that could be more than 10% APY, while allowing customers to tailor their growth strategy based on their risk tolerance.
The salary deposit functionality is slated to roll out soon for customers based in the UK and EU before being extended to other markets. The firm indicates that this feature will help integrate the platform further into the customers’ primary financial lives.
In the future, Kraken intends to continue adding to the Krak ecosystem with credit products, new card offerings, richer merchant rewards, and expanded asset support for everyday payments. The company makes Krak a standalone brand to challenge established financial services, including traditional banking and payment providers.
The introduction of the Krak Mastercard debit card is part of Kraken’s European strategy; an effort to integrate digital assets into mainstream spending. By combining multi-asset spending flexibility with regulatory compliance, the company is attempting to establish Krak as a primary financial account of conventional and decentralized finance.
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