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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…
October 14, 2020 | Product We are excited to list 3 new assets on our platform on October 15. Note that FIL is a bit different from the other two because it is a “mainnet listing,” meaning that trading will begin as soon as possible after the Filecoin mainnet goes live and transfers are enabled…
September 18, 2020 | News Kraken is excited to announce we will soon be reopening services in Japan, a move that’s part of a broader initiative to expand our industry-leading services into high-growth APAC markets. The announcement follows Kraken’s expansion into the rapidly growing Australian market with the acquisition of Bit Trade and the launch…
Kraken is expanding its on-chain staking services to include support for Polkadot (DOT) and Cosmos (ATOM). Starting August 18, this means clients can earn an annual return of 12% staking Polkadot and 7% staking Cosmos directly through their Kraken accounts. Kraken launched its best-in-class staking service in December 2019, offering a 6% return for staking…
We are excited to announce leading specialized payments platform Paysafe has become the latest enterprise to choose Kraken as a crypto asset liquidity provider. The move further strengthens Paysafe’s own crypto buy and sell services through its digital wallets Skrill and Neteller, which provide convenient and simple payment solutions to millions of clients across the…
Kraken’s ‘Crypto Asset Spotlight’ takes a closer look at crypto assets trading on our exchange when they display notable trends. The end of May was relatively quiet in the crypto markets, as Bitcoin traded in a narrow range below $10,000. However, there were big gains to be had if traders knew where to look. Cardano…
Great news – clients can now fund their account and trade with the Australian dollar (AUD) on Kraken! The AUD becomes Kraken’s seventh fiat currency, joining USD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP and the JPY. This latest announcement follows our January 2020 acquisition of Australia’s longest-running cryptocurrency operation, Bit Trade, and represents Kraken’s continued pursuit of…
