Murphy|Jan 31, 2026 02:24
Kraken launches BGB, marking the first time Bitget platform coins have landed on a large, regulated US exchange. Interestingly, Kraken and Bitget were supposed to have a competitive relationship, but they chose to "break down barriers" at this point. What is the underlying meaning behind this?
For Kraken, launching BGB is not about standing in line, but rather introducing a functional token that has a clear on chain purpose and is being used in the real ecosystem; For Bitget, it is the first systematic outreach to compliant user groups in the United States and the West; This is not a 'friendly performance', but an embrace of rational complementarity under regulation.
In the past, platform coins were often confined to their own closed ecosystems, with liquidity, usage scenarios, and transaction depth highly dependent on a single platform; Kraken's decision to launch BGB acknowledges to some extent that the market has begun to prefer functional oil price assets that can circulate across ecosystems and have practical usage scenarios, rather than relying solely on asset symbols such as repurchases, fees, or emotional narratives.
This is also in line with the overall development direction of the industry in recent years - regulation has gradually become clearer, compliance entry points have become scarce, and on chain practicality has begun to become a hard indicator.
From this perspective, the inclusion of BGB in the compliant trading system of the United States/West is not due to its unique identity as a "platform coin", but rather because the demand for BGB is closer to the use of infrastructure and not limited to short-term trading activities.
As the Gas and governance token of the Morph payment based settlement layer, it is also a native practical asset of the Bitget Wallet ecosystem. Its application scenarios cover payment, settlement, and on chain finance (not a single transaction discount tool), and its ecosystem has a total of over 120 million users.
So, I prefer to understand Kraken's partnership with Bitget as a signal: in an environment where compliance is becoming increasingly important, valuable assets with clear on chain practicality are being actively embraced and re priced by mainstream channels.
Kraken is my most important withdrawal channel, and Bitget is the sponsor of my tweet. Although this article tries to be objective, it also carries the suspicion of subjective bias. Not as investment advice, please interpret rationally, my friends
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