The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange platform has announced on Tuesday that it was valued at 20 billion dollars during its last fundraising, an increase of 33% in less than two months. Businesses of the digital market continue to attract the interest of investors.

The round table in two installments of 800 million Dollars intervenes in a regulatory context favorable to cryptocurrencies under the American presidency of Donald Trump, encouraging businesses of digital assets to expand in the United States thanks to the promise of clearer rules.

gemini and Coinbase and the company of Ripple cryptocurrencies, have benefitted from an easing of surveillance under Trump, who, with his family, has been an active player in this still emerging financial sector.

The first installment of Kraken's funding round was led by institutional investors such as Jane Street, HSG, Oppenheimer Alternative Investment Management and Tribe Capital, co-founded by the Kraken co-CEO, Arjun Set .

Kraken is actively investing to diversify into different asset classes and increase its base of users. Last month, the company announced the acquisition of Small Exchange futures exchange with Mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"> IG Group ; mso-fareast-font-family:calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: “Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:fr; Mso-fareast-language:en-us; Mso-bidi-language:ar-sa">For 100 million dollars, paving the way for the launch of a complete range of products derivatives based in the United States.