🪂 Are you ready for Kraken drops?$INK + Ink Layer-2 are joining our product suite, with airdrops for active clients.Also in this week's #KrakenIn60:🇺🇸 @DavidLRipley at the White House + on CNBC🤖 CJ Rinaldi talks AI + compliance with TRM Labs🎙️ @Pete_Rizzo_ https://t.co/ZR6jasBrYZ ...

Key Initiatives - Kraken is integrating INK, its Layer Two protocol's native token, into core products, signifying a new system design [1] - The company is embedding Ink directly into its product surface, including wallets, trading, and funding, to provide lower fees and faster settlement [3] - Kraken is preparing a token distribution for eligible clients through the Kraken Drops program, aiming to move real financial activity on-chain [4] Technology and Infrastructure - Ink is an Ethereum-compatible Layer Two network optimized for financial applications, designed for speed, low cost, and scalability [2] - Kraken has spent years scaling infrastructure to support global demand for crypto trading, custody, payments, and funding [2] - The company envisions wallets settling directly through Ink, trading tapping into on-chain liquidity, and payments/identity running as protocol-level functionality [5] Governance and Ecosystem - The INK token is governed by the Ink Foundation, not Kraken, and serves to coordinate network activity, pay for transactions, govern upgrades, support builders, and reward participation [3][4] - Kraken helped design the protocol but does not control it, emphasizing a decentralized approach [4] - The company encourages external developers to build on Ink for faster, simpler, more composable, and more open applications [5]

🚨UPDATE: @KRAKENFX INTEGRATES $INK AND INK LAYER-2 TO UNLOCK NEW ONCHAIN EXPERIENCES ...

New Product & Service - Kraken 将推出 $INK 和 Ink Layer-2，旨在提供新的链上体验 [1] - $INK 将加入 Kraken Drops [1] - Kraken 致力于 CeFi (中心化金融) 和 DeFi (去中心化金融) 的融合，而非简单的桥接 [1]

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)$INK will airdrop 1% of the token supply to $VRTX holders.Instead, Vertex will stop trading on all current EVM chains to launch a new protocol version for Ink.Weirdly, Vertex was a founding-member protocol on Polygon's new Katana chain.As an Opinionated DeFi chain, Katana decides where the funds and rewards flow to optimize for yield and liquidity.Vertex was one of the three protocols pre-selected, together with Sushi and Morpho.So, is Vertex going to Ink and ditching Katana? And ...

$INK will airdrop 1% of the token supply to $VRTX holders.Instead, Vertex will stop trading on all current EVM chains to launch a new protocol version for Ink.Weirdly, Vertex was a founding-member protocol on Polygon's new Katana chain.As an Opinionated DeFi chain, Katana decides where the funds and rewards flow to optimize for yield and liquidity.Vertex was one of the three protocols pre-selected, together with Sushi and Morpho.So, is Vertex going to Ink and ditching Katana? And which other protocols will ...