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We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Genshiro (GENS), Picasso (PICA) and OriginTrail (OTP)! Funding Funding is live. You can add GENS, PICA or OTP to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Please note, trading for these tokens will not be supported. GENS, PICA and OTP are…
August 18, 2023 | Asset Listings, News We’re thrilled to announce that PayPal USD (PYUSD) is now available on Kraken! Deposits and withdrawals are live and PYUSD will start trading on Kraken on August 21. Funding your account Fund your account with PYUSD by clicking here. Only deposit PYUSD on the Ethereum network. Deposits using other…
August 17, 2023 | News We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum (ETH) on Arbitrum Nova! Funding Funding is already live. You can transfer ETH to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting ETH and in the drop-down box the desired deposit method (network): Arbitrum Nova. Got ETH…
Now more than ever, Kraken remains deeply committed to Canada. But our commitment to the Great White North isn’t just hype. It’s a relationship that stretches back to the earliest days of Bitcoin itself. The early years Kraken’s Canada story begins in 2011 – the year CaVirtEx, an early Canadian crypto trading platform based in…
Twelve years ago, we began our pioneering mission to become one of the first and most successful digital asset exchanges. We started by trading only four cryptocurrencies, but now support over 220 assets on 67 blockchains – and over 700 markets. We’ve been at the forefront of the crypto revolution since 2011. As one of…
Kraken, one of the world’s longest standing and most trusted crypto platforms, today announced the appointment of Vishnu Patankar as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Patankar brings over twenty years of technology expertise to Kraken and helped Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, and Groupon to scale products that impacted millions of clients worldwide. At…
May 31, 2023 | News Kraken is excited to announce that we have been named #16 in Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® list. We are also the only crypto company on the list. This recognition reflects Kraken’s ongoing commitment to building a flexible workplace that prioritizes employee well-being. Newsweek’s rankings, backed by the…
As part of Kraken’s commitment to client security, we have completed and passed an independent auditor’s examination over internal controls as defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) SOC 2, Type I compliance standard. We’d like to share details about this process and how it serves our mission to be one of…
Pizza parties rarely need an explanation. But pizza parties on Bitcoin Pizza Day deserve one. Thirteen years ago today, Laszlo Hanyecz created a thread in the bitcointalk.org forum titled Pizza for bitcoins? After some explanation and much discussion, Hanyecz found someone willing to buy him two pizzas (valued at ~$41) in exchange for his 10,000…
Ethereum Cancun-Deneb (Dencun) is the next planned upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain. The upgrade will improve the scalability, security, and usability of the Ethereum network. Cancun represents an additional upgrade to Ethereum’s execution layer following the recent activation of Shanghai. This first step went live at epoch 194048, on April 12. Deneb represents the upgrade…
