Kraken vs OKX for portfolio tracking

Kraken vs OKX for portfolio tracking | ChainsFlow

Both exchanges can contribute to a unified portfolio, but they expose different account models and credential shapes. This comparison describes the integration scope ChainsFlow actually supports rather than ranking the exchanges as investments.

Kraken: account balance

OKX: trading account

Trading and withdrawal permissions are not required for either connection

Supported account scope

Kraken is read from its account balance; OKX is read from its trading account. The distinction matters because assets held in unrelated products are not guaranteed to appear in either portfolio total.

Credential setup

Kraken uses API key and private key. OKX uses API key, secret and passphrase. In both cases the credential should be dedicated to portfolio tracking and limited to the minimum account-reading permissions.

Normalization differences

The Kraken connector handles provider-specific asset codes and suffixes, while the OKX connector handles available and frozen trading-account details. Both outputs become the same normalized asset-position model before aggregation.

Using both together

A multi-exchange view is most useful when connection identity remains visible. ChainsFlow keeps per-exchange synchronization state and does not hide a provider error behind an apparently complete combined total.