Funding your Derivatives account in the EEA

This article is for clients residing in the European Economic Area (EEA). If you are located outside of the EEA, please see our articles here.

Transferring to and from Derivatives Wallets

To trade on the Kraken Pro website you will need to transfer funds from your spot wallet directly to your Multi-Collateral wallet.

Transfer funds from the Spot Wallet to the Derivatives Wallets

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    Navigate to the Portfolio tab and then click Derivatives.

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    Click the ‘Transfer’ button.

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    Click on Preview Transfer to review the transfer details and then click Confirm Transfer.

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    Once submitted, you will see a green notification at the bottom right of the screen.

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    After a few seconds your funds will be in your Derivatives account and you are ready to start trading.

Transfer funds from the Derivatives Wallet to Kraken Spot

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    Navigate to the Portfolio tab and then click Derivatives.

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    Click the ‘Derivatives transfers’ button.

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    Click on ‘Preview Transfer’ to review the transfer details and then click ‘Confirm Transfer’.

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    Once submitted you will see the pop up and after a few seconds your funds will be in your Spot wallet.

To trade on the Kraken Pro mobile app you will need to transfer funds from your spot wallet directly to your Multi-Collateral wallet.

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    Navigate to the Portfolio tab.

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    Click the ‘Transfer’ button.

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    Choose the currency you wish to transfer.

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    Enter in the amount you wish to transfer. Make sure it meets our minimums. 

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    Click on ‘Transfer’.

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    Swipe to confirm the transfer and you will see a summary of your transfer.

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    Once submitted, after a few seconds your funds will be in your Derivatives account and you are ready to start trading.

Transfer funds from the Derivatives Multi-Collateral Wallet to Kraken Spot

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    Navigate to the Portfolio tab.

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    Click the ‘Transfer’ button.

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    Choose the currency you wish to transfer.

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    Enter in the amount you wish to transfer. Make sure the direction is from Derivatives to Spot and that it meets our minimums 

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    Click on ‘Transfer’.

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    Swipe to confirm the transfer and you will see a summary of your transfer. 

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    Once submitted, after a few seconds your funds will be in your Spot account.

Transfer Minimums

Transfers between spot and Derivatives are free, seamless, and typically take less than 10 seconds to complete.

Note: These minimums only apply for transfers between spot and Derivatives. They do not apply to transfers between Derivatives trading wallets.

Minimum Transfer Amounts

Crypto

Spot to Futures

Derivatives to Spot

Bitcoin

0.00001 BTC

0.00000001 BTC

Ethereum

0.0001 ETH

0.0001 ETH

Arbitrum

0.001 ARB

0.00001 ARB

Avalanche

0.000001 AVAX

0.0001 AVAX

Bitcoin Cash

0.0001 BCH

0.0001 BCH

Cardano

0.01 ADA

0.01 ADA

Celestia

0.000001 TIA

0.00001 TIA

Chainlink

0.01 LINK

0.01 LINK

Cosmos

0.01 ATOM

0.01 ATOM

Dogecoin

0.01 DOGE

0.00000001 DOGE

Filecoin

0.01 FIL

0.01 FIL

Injective

0.000001 INJ

0.00001 INJ

Kusama

0.000001 KSM

0.00001 KSM

Litecoin

0.0001 LTC

0.0001 LTC

Matic

0.01 MATIC

0.01 MATIC

Mina

0.000001 MINA

0.00001 MINA

Polkadot

0.01 DOT

0.01 DOT

Ripple

0.01 XRP

0.004 XRP

Sei

0.000001 SEI

0.00001 SEI

Solana

0.01 SOL

0.01 SOL

The Graph

0.000001 GRT

0.00001 GRT

TRON

0.000001 TRX

0.00001 TRX

Cash & Stablecoins

Spot to Futures

Futures to Spot

US Dollar

1 USD

1 USD

Euro

1 EUR

1 EUR

British Pound

1 GBP

1 GBP

USD Coin

1 USDC

1 USDC

USD Tether

1 USDT

1 USDT

PayPal USD

1 PYUSD

1 PYUSD

PAX Gold

1 PAXG

1 PAXG

Disclaimer:

 

Investment services in relation to derivatives are provided by Payward Europe Digital Solutions (CY) Limited (ex I.F. Greenfields Wealth Ltd) ("PEDSL-CY"). PEDSL-CY is authorised and approved by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) for the provision of investment services. See Risk Disclosures here.

PEDSL-CY is authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission with licence number 342/17. PEDSL-CY is registered in Cyprus with registered number HE 356603 and registered office at Athalassas, 62, Mezzanine, Strovolos 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus