Kraken’s Parent Unmasks $25M Ponzi-Like Crypto Custody Scam

Kraken’s parent reveals Etana Custody’s $25M Ponzi-like scheme after a failed withdrawal, threatening client funds and crypto trust.

Key takeaways

• How a $25 Million Withdrawal Request Uncovered a Crypto Custodian Crisis
• When Kraken’s parent company, Payward, tried to pull $25 million from Etana Custody in April 2025, it didn’t just hit a bureaucratic snag—it cracked open a deeper prob...
• The timing wasn’t random. By May, Kraken customers started reporting trouble accessing their Etana-held assets. Etana had been facilitating transfers between Kraken an...
• This single withdrawal request forced Etana to reveal that it couldn’t meet obligations on demand. The complaint alleges Etana had been relying on new deposits to patc...

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