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Kraken Rolls Out Bitcoin Vault With Up to 2.5% BTC Yield Through DeFi Routing

By Isaac • May 27, 2026 9:27 pm • Comments

Kraken announced Bitcoin Vault on May 27 as a new product inside Kraken Earn. The product lets eligible BTC holders earn up to 2.5% in BTC-denominated rewards while keeping Bitcoin price exposure.

The yield comes from DeFi. Kraken routes deposits through onchain lending protocols including Aave, Morpho, and Tydro, with infrastructure powered by Veda and strategy curation handled by Sentora.

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The plumbing is more complex than the marketing suggests. According to Kraken’s support page, deposited BTC is wrapped into kBTC and sent to a non-custodial embedded wallet on Kraken’s Ink network.

According to Kraken Blog: Kraken announced Bitcoin Vault on May 27, 2026 as a new product within Kraken Earn for long-term Bitcoin holders. The company said the product enables users to earn up to 2.5% in BTC-denominated rewards while maintaining Bitcoin price exposure.

Kraken said Bitcoin Vault is powered by Veda, with strategy design and risk curation by Sentora, and that the platforms allocate vaults to onchain protocols such as Aave, Morpho, Tydro, and others. Kraken said Bitcoin Vault is available through Kraken web, Kraken Pro web, Kraken app, Kraken Pro app, and Krak everywhere Kraken operates except the UK, UAE, and Australia.

The same announcement warns that rewards are variable and not guaranteed and that users can lose some or all of their assets. Kraken announced Bitcoin Vault on May 27, 2026 as a new product within Kraken Earn.

Kraken said Bitcoin Vault enables customers to earn up to 2.5% in BTC-denominated rewards while maintaining Bitcoin price exposure. Kraken said Bitcoin Vault is powered by Veda, with strategy design and risk curation by Sentora.

Kraken said the platforms allocate vaults to onchain protocols such as Aave, Morpho, Tydro, and others.

Rewards are converted back to kBTC and auto-compounded into the vault balance. Users can withdraw BTC at any time, subject to a five-day wait.

Availability is broad. According to the Kraken Blog, Bitcoin Vault is accessible through Kraken web, Kraken Pro web, the Kraken app, the Kraken Pro app, and Krak everywhere Kraken operates except the UK, UAE, and Australia.

According to Kraken Support: Kraken’s support page says the Bitcoin Vault lets users earn rewards on Bitcoin directly from a Kraken account. It says allocated BTC is routed into onchain lending markets through a non-custodial embedded wallet and that rewards accrue automatically over time.

The page says users can withdraw BTC at any time with a 5-day wait time. Kraken explains that BTC is wrapped to kBTC and sent to the user’s embedded wallet on the Ink network, deposited into a Veda vault managed by Sentora, then supplied as collateral while stablecoins are borrowed and deployed into reward-generating DeFi strategies.

Rewards are converted to kBTC and redeployed so they auto-compound. Kraken said the platforms allocate vaults to onchain protocols such as Aave, Morpho, Tydro, and others.

Kraken said Bitcoin Vault is available through Kraken web, Kraken Pro web, Kraken app, Kraken Pro app, and Krak everywhere Kraken operates except the UK, UAE, and Australia. Kraken’s support page says BTC allocated to the vault is wrapped to kBTC, sent to an embedded wallet on the Ink network, deposited into a Veda vault managed by Sentora, then supplied as collateral while stablecoins are borrowed and deployed into DeFi strategies.

That risk disclosure deserves attention. The yield flows through third-party smart contracts on multiple protocols.

Kraken states plainly that interacting with onchain smart contracts involves technological, market, and operational risks. Variable APY means the 2.5% figure is a ceiling, and there is no floor.

The Block described the launch as part of Kraken’s push to package onchain yield strategies into simpler products for exchange users. CoinDesk noted that Kraken’s broader DeFi Earn offering has grown since its January launch and that Bitcoin Vault expands that push into BTC holders.

The demand side of this is obvious. Long-term BTC holders have sat on dead capital for years, and any product that generates yield in BTC rather than a separate token removes the friction of rebalancing.

Kraken is betting that convenience and trust in its brand will pull holders into DeFi exposure they would never manage on their own.

The product is live now. Whether the yield justifies the smart-contract risk is a question each holder has to answer for themselves.

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