Kraken gives institutional clients trading speed-boost, in new collab with Avelacom

Kraken Institutional has entered into a partnership with Avelacom to provide institutional clients with high-performance, low-latency network access to Kraken’s matching engine.

The crypto exchange, in a statement, said the planned integration into its intitutional investor focussed app would be tailored to professional and latency-sensitive trading firms. It would enable faster execution, deeper liquidity access and reliable infrastructure across multiple regions and venues.

Avelacom, described as a global provider of ultra-low-latency network solutions, is now delivering optimized routes for real-time market data and ultra-fast order execution, enabling strategies that depend on “microsecond-level precision,” according to the statement.

Kraken highlighted that from today, institutional clients can use Avelacom’s purpose-built low-latency network to receive real-time price updates with minimal delay, submit and execute orders at high speed, support multi-venue liquidity aggregation and cross-exchange arbitrage, and improve execution quality through more consistent connectivity.

The company said Avelacom’s network covers major financial hubs worldwide, with its London–Tokyo route achieving sub-138ms round-trip latency over fiber.

Hybrid routes that combine fiber and wireless can further reduce latency for access to major Tokyo-based exchanges, it added. The network is designed to handle complex cross-regional trading workloads and offers 99.9% uptime with dedicated 24/7 support, Kraken highlighted.

The crypto exchange said the partnership strengthens its institutional-grade market infrastructure as digital asset markets evolve, and invited firms interested in connectivity options, including access via Avelacom’s network, to contact their Kraken representative or reach out through Kraken Institutional.

The recap

• Kraken Institutional partners with Avelacom for ultra-low-latency connectivity.
• Avelacom’s London–Tokyo route offers sub-138ms round-trip latency.
• Institutions can contact Kraken to explore new connectivity options.