Kraken now allows Margin Trading For Ripple (XRP) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Across Pairs

Kraken is one of the first and prominent crypto exchange that offers margin trading to trade cryptocurrencies. Citing demand, the exchange has gradually expanded its product with a variety of crypto coins and has recently extended margin trading for XRP and BCH.

XRP and BCH could see rising volumes on Kraken

Exchanges usually provide margin trading option only with cryptocurrencies which are in demand and are extremely liquid. Citing the rising demand for XRP and BCH (post forking) in the recent rally, Kraken has announced expanding margin trading option for two coins.

The announcement reveals the leverage amount available and borrowing limits against pairs for both these coins which are as follows:

Leverage amounts available:

Bitcoin Cash

• BCH/XBT – 2x
• BCH/USD – 2x, 3x
• BCH/EUR – 2x, 3x

Ripple

• XRP/XBT – 2x, 3x
• XRP/USD – 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x
• XRP/EUR – 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x

Borrow limits available:

The borrow limits depend on the verification level of a user’s account.

Bitcoin Cash: Tier 1: 1 BCH, Tier 2: 5 BCH, Tier 3: 50 BCH, Tier 4: 500 BCH

Ripple: Tier 1: 5,000 XRP, Tier 2: 25,000 XRP, Tier 3: 250,000 XRP, Tier 4: 2,500,000 XRP

Kraken plans to charge a brokerage of Margin open fee = 0.02% and a Rollover fee = 0.02% / 4 Hrs

This addition expands the company’s margin offering to eight (8) assets, which already includes: Bitcoin (XBT), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Augur (REP), Monero (XMR), and Tether (USDT).

Margin trading is a double-edged sword, which on one end has the potential of an exponential increase in earnings, while on the other, it is extremely risky. A product for experienced traders, margin trading is often associated with the increase in volumes of a cryptocurrency. It also brings inexperienced traders and an additional line of revenue for the exchanges to earn interest on the money they lend out to margin traders.

Kraken, which anyway is the biggest exchange in terms of EUR volume, may further boost the volumes for XRP and BCH in days to come. Whether one would see these volumes getting converted into positive upticks for coins is something that traders will definitely watch out for.

Will Kraken’s margin trading addition help BCH and XRP prices to rise? Do let us know your views on the same.