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Today we’re announcing one of the hardest decisions at Kraken to date. We’re reducing our global workforce by approximately 1,100 people, or 30 percent, in order to adapt to current market conditions. We are extremely grateful for the contributions of those impacted by today’s announcement and we’ll do our best to help them transition to…
We are pleased to announce that Kraken now supports EthereumPoW (ETHW). Funding and Trading ETHW trading is live and the ETHW token has been distributed to eligible clients. A further announcement will be made once Funding is live, at which point you will be able to add ETHW to your Kraken account by navigating to…
In the cryptocurrency world at large, Rust is fast becoming the preferred programming language for safe, long-lasting software. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce Kraken has officially funded developer Tobin Harding (tcharding) as a full-time maintainer for the Bitcoin Rust repository. Tobin will now be fully dedicated to coordinating Bitcoin Rust code review, encouraging and…
Kraken is excited to award its latest grant to Black Bitcoin Billionaire, the largest organization aimed at promoting diversity in cryptocurrency. As part of our continued efforts to lead the worldwide adoption of digital assets, we’re donating $150,000 in BTC to Black Bitcoin Billionaire, funds which will be used at the group’s discretion to fund…
We are thrilled to announce that deposits and withdrawals for Mina (MINA) are now open. Trading will launch June 1 at approximately 00:00 UTC. Deposit MINA now Please note that if you participated in the Coinlist sale, you will be able to deposit MINA to Kraken once they enable withdrawals which should be sometime after…
Kraken is excited to announce it will match up to $50,000 in donations to open-source Ethereum infrastructure projects as part of Gitcoin’s latest donation drive starting March 10. Over two weeks, Gitcoin, a platform for fundraising built on the Ethereum blockchain, will match user grants to projects focused on everything from educational outreach to decentralized…
February 1, 2021 | News Kraken is excited to announce a $100k donation to Coin Center, one of the leading non-profit advocacy groups focused on the public policy issues facing digital asset technologies. This latest donation is part of Kraken’s ongoing commitment to the excellent work Coin Center does to promote research, educate regulators and…
Given the recent SEC filing against Ripple Labs Inc., we are halting XRP trading for U.S. residents no later than January 29, 2021 at 5pm PT (January 30, 2021 at 1:00 UTC). We may begin implementing this process at any time on January 29, 2021, so all U.S. clients are strongly encouraged to resolve their…
Kraken is pleased to announce our support of the Flare network and Spark (FLR) token airdrop for XRP holders. The first thing to understand about this airdrop is that it is unusual because there is a very large gap of time between the snapshot of XRP balances and the launch of the Flare network and…
Bitcoin Cash will hard fork on November 15 2020 around 12:00 pm UTC as part of a scheduled protocol upgrade. This upgrade is controversial and will likely result in two chains after the fork. The likely split is between two protocols known as “Bitcoin Cash Node” and “Bitcoin Cash ABC.” At the present time, over…
