KRAKEN BITCOIN BID-ASK SPREAD
How Far Apart Are the Best Buy and Sell Prices on Kraken?
The gap between the best price anyone will pay for Bitcoin on Kraken and the best price anyone will sell it for, averaged across each day.
Bid-ask spread on Kraken
The distance between the best price anyone is offering to buy at and the best price anyone is offering to sell at, averaged across the day and shown in cents at that day's Bitcoin price. A smaller gap means the two sides are sitting closer together.
RIGHT NOW
The gap between the best buy and sell prices on Kraken averaged 54 cents over the day on a coin worth $68,237, 0.0008% of the price. As of Nov 13, 2026.
That reading is up 296.0% over the past 35 days.
Bid-ask spread on Kraken, today
Gap between best buy and best sell price
on a coin worth $68,237, 0.0008% of the price. The gap is up 296.0% over the past 35 days, as of Nov 13, 2026
Understanding
Kraken Bitcoin Bid-Ask Spread
Where it stands today
The gap between the best buy and sell prices on Kraken averaged 54 cents over the day on a coin worth $68,237, 0.0008% of the price as of .
What is the bid-ask spread?
At any moment the order book holds a best offer to buy and a best offer to sell, and the two never quite meet. The gap between them is the spread. It is the smallest cost of trading at once: buy at the best price to sell and sell straight back at the best price to buy, and the gap is what you lose.
Why say it in cents?
The gap is said in cents at that day's Bitcoin price, because that is what crossing it costs on one whole coin. Beside it is the same gap as a share of the price, the fairer way to compare two days, because the same share of a higher price is more cents. On a busy exchange it is a tiny sliver of one percent, and it is averaged across the day rather than caught at one instant.
What does it tell you?
A narrow gap means the two sides sit close together and trading costs little to cross. A gap that widens while the orders near the price thin out is one side of the book stepping back. How much money waits at each distance from the price is Kraken's order book depth, on a page of its own.
The numbers
behind the chart
What does the current reading show?
Bid-ask spread: the latest reading is 54 cents, on . The highest reading since is 87 cents on ; the lowest is 10 cents on .
Bid-ask spread on Kraken, one reading a day, newest first.
What are the latest, highest and lowest readings?
| Measure | Latest | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bid-ask spread | 54 cents | 87 cents | 10 cents |
How do the readings compare with earlier dates?
| Reference date | Bid-ask spread |
|---|---|
| 1 month ago | 16 cents |
What was the reading at each month’s end?
| Reading date | Bid-ask spread |
|---|---|
| 11 cents | |
| 21 cents |
Source: Measured by Maketo at Kraken, one reading a day. Reading for .