Unlike many other fintech and trading platforms that offer bitcoin, when you buy BTC on Kraken, it belongs to you. Kraken firmly believes in the self sovereignty and right to personal custody principles that Bitcoin was built upon. Therefore, Kraken allows you to take your bitcoin off of the Kraken platform. You can store it in the wallet of your choice and use it however you please. When you purchase bitcoin from Kraken, it is your digital property.