March 6, 2026
Kraken Just Got What Every Crypto Firm Has Been Chasing for Years
Two days ago, the crypto industry crossed a threshold that seemed impossible just twelve months earlier. Kraken Financial — the Wyoming-chartered banking arm of the cryptocurrency exchange — became the first digital asset firm in U.S. history to receive a Federal Reserve master account. That sentence might not sound explosive to casual investors, but to anyone who’s been watching the regulatory chess match between crypto and traditional finance, this is the equivalent of watching the Berlin Wall come down. For context: crypto firms have been trying to get this exact approval for over half a decade. Some have sued. Others










