Kraken has launched margin trading for Bitcoin Cash pairings, now supporting leveraged trading for BCH/XBT, BCH/USD, and BCH/EUR markets. The exchange has also launched margin trading for XRP, now offering up to 5x leverage on XRP pairings.
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Kraken Launches Leverage Trading for Bitcoin Cash and Ripple Markets
Kraken has become the latest cryptocurrency exchange to expand its Bitcoin Cash markets, introducing margin trading for three BCH pairings. Kraken users are now able to trade BCH/XBT using 2x margin, in addition to having access to BCH/USD and BCH/EUR markets with 2x or 3x leverage.
The exchange has also announced support for leveraged XRP trading, introducing 2x and 3x margin for XRP/XBT, and 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x margin for its XRP/USD and XRP/EUR pairings. Despite the introduction of the new markets, BCH and XRP are not supported as collateral currencies on Kraken, meaning that traders will not be able to open leveraged positions against BCH or XRP balances.
The introduction of the margin trading for BCH and XRP brings the number of cryptocurrencies that Kraken supports leveraged trading for to eight, alongside XBT (BTC), ETH, ETC, REP, XMR, and USDT.
The exchange charges a 0.02 percent fee for the opening of a margin position, and further 0.02 percent rollover fees per every four hours that the position is open.
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