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Kraken Becomes First Digital Asset Bank to Receive a Federal Reserve Master Account
Payward, a unified financial infrastructure platform powering Kraken, today announced that Kraken Financial, its Wyoming-chartered bank, has been granted a Federal Reserve master account. The approval makes Kraken Financial the first digital asset bank in U.S. history to gain direct access to the Federal Reserve’s payment infrastructure.
By Payward, Inc. · Via Business Wire · March 4, 2026