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The Weekly Hash – July 8-12

July 16, 2019 | Uncategorized This past week was certainly eventful! Check out all the important happenings this week in the world of crypto, presented by the experts at Kraken. This digest is prepared for informative purposes only and does not represent an investment recommendation or investment advice. Please see our full disclaimer at the…

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We’re offering a $100,000 reward for discovery of Quadriga coins

The Kraken mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that the world can benefit from greater financial freedom and inclusion. This is why we’ve consistently done more than provide one of the best crypto exchange experiences.   Since 2014 we have invested significant resources and lent our crypto expertise to the MtGox trustee…

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Kraken’s Position on Regulation

Introduction Since 2011, Kraken has been a leader in the industry, actively developing and driving multiple self-regulatory organizations (DATA, JADA), and working with regulators to enact fair and effective rules to govern the evolving blockchain industry.  In fact, had we not laid off half the team in 2014, our legal bills would have bankrupted the…

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ETF Postmortem

March 15, 2017 | News Last week Kraken tweeted a poll before the Bitcoin ETF decision asking followers what they thought the outcome would be. We received over 400 votes, with 58% incorrectly predicting approval and 42% correctly predicting that the ETF would not be approved. Did it matter? Perhaps we should have asked whether…

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Winners of Kraken’s investment challenge announced

We would like to thank The Economist and all thirteen teams that participated in the Kraken investment challenge to optimize a $1 million, 5-year bitcoin-ether portfolio. We enjoyed reviewing the variety of approaches taken across proposals. The videos and papers have already generated organic conversation among viewers that will help encourage beginners to learn more…

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Bitcoin vs. Ether…who won? Find out!

Kraken, in partnership with The Economist, asked MBA programs from around the world the following question: You have $1M to invest across bitcoin and ether. You cannot touch your investment for the next 5 years. How much of that $1M do you invest in each? Why? Each of the thirteen participating teams produced both a 5…