Exchange profile · ExchangeChecked on: 5 October 2026

Kraken

MiCA-licensed · Central Bank of Ireland

Real cost · buy + sell

5.92 %

Average of test trades of €100 and €500 in the app (Frankfurt School Blockchain Center & intas.tech, Jan–Feb 2026). With flat fees, the percentage depends on the order size.

How beginners buy there

Fee for instant and recurring buys in the Kraken app, plus spread. Kraken Pro is cheaper.

Rating

The overall score under our methodology follows once every field in the spec sheet is backed by a source. We don't score on the basis of gaps.

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Spec sheet

Type: Exchange
Simple buy: 1.00 % fee
Crypto assets: n/a
Savings plan: Yes
Staking: n/a
Withdrawals to own wallet: Yes
Offers leveraged products: n/a
SEPA deposit: n/a
Card deposit: n/a
PayPal deposit: n/a
Euro withdrawal: n/a
Bitcoin withdrawal: n/a

"n/a" means we could not verify the value yet. We don't guess.

Licence

Payward Europe Solutions Limited

Supervisor: Central Bank of Ireland
Home country: Ireland
Authorised since: 25 June 2025
LEI: 254900641D8KNHUZYX24

Permitted services

Custody of crypto assets
Exchanging crypto for funds
Exchanging crypto for other crypto
Executing orders

Check in the ESMA register ↗

What users report

We don't have our own test account with this provider yet. So here we summarise what other users write publicly, in our own words.

Trustpilot ↗3.2 out of 59,065 reviews50 % give 1 starProvider actively invites customers to reviewAs of: 5 October 2026 App Store (DE) ↗4.5 out of 53,260 reviewsAs of: 5 October 2026

Often praised

Attractive, clear app
Staking and wallet features

Common complaints

Account locks, often after the first deposit or after transfers from someone else’s account
Support replies slowly or without a concrete solution
Funds sometimes unavailable for days or weeks

Themes from recent Trustpilot reviews, summarised on 5 October 2026.

Review sites are not representative: unhappy customers write more often, and providers that invite customers get more good reviews. We don't verify whether individual reviews are genuine. These voices never feed into our cost data or a score.

Sources

Kraken – Fee scheduleGebühr Sofortkauf und wiederkehrende Käufe · accessed 5 October 2026
ESMA – Interim MiCA Register, CASPs (Stand 31.08.2026)MiCA-Lizenz · accessed 5 October 2026
Blocktrainer – Neue Studie zeigt, das ist die günstigste Bitcoin- und Krypto-BörseRoundtrip-Kosten 5,92 % (Einzelwert der Studie) · accessed 5 October 2026