[Kraken OTC Desk Integrates with ICE Chat System, Becomes the First Approved Crypto Platform] BlockBeats News, February 18: U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that its over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk has officially integrated with the ICE Chat messaging platform under Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). This means that over 120,000 users from banks, brokers, and trading institutions in the global financial market can directly communicate with Kraken's OTC team and access crypto liquidity within their existing trading workflows. Kraken stated that it is the first cryptocurrency platform approved to integrate with ICE Chat, marking a further embedding of digital asset trading into the infrastructure of traditional financial markets. ICE, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, provides data, clearing, and technology services to global financial markets. Over the past year, ICE has continued to expand into the digital asset space, investing in prediction market Polymarket and crypto payment company MoonPay, as well as collaborating with Chainlink to bring foreign exchange and precious metals data on-chain. Following this integration, Kraken's crypto spot and options block trading will be listed alongside traditional asset categories such as equities and derivatives within an institutional-grade communication network.