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How Kraken Wallet addresses challenges in mobile crypto security

We believe that the most secure mobile crypto wallet is one that overcomes the inherent constraints of its mobile operating system. For instance, on iOS, Apple’s CryptoKit doesn’t support the secp256k1 elliptic curve, a standard for Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other blockchains. This limitation restricts developers from utilizing the secure element of devices for key…

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U.S. crypto taxes in 2024: fast facts

IRS tax season is officially open in the United States. April 15, 2024 is the deadline for crypto holders to report their 2023 transactions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The 2023 tax year includes any activity between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. Late filings, failure to pay taxes owed and crypto tax…

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Scaling Kraken’s trading infrastructure for the next decade of growth

Authored by: Shannon Kurtas, Product Director, Pro & Institutional TradingMax Kaplan, Sr. Engineering Director, Core Infrastructure & Data EngineeringSuketu Gandhi, Sr. Engineering Director, Trading TechnologySteve Hunt, VP Engineering Nearly twelve years ago, Kraken began its pioneering mission to become one of the first and most successful digital asset exchanges. We started trading only four cryptocurrencies,…

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Announcing the Kraken $100M+ volume fee tier trial

Starting December 15, 2022 0:00 UTC through February 15, 2023 11:59 UTC*, we will offer 0% maker and 0.08% taker fees on select spot pairs to qualifying clients as part of our $100M+ volume fee tier trial. Who is eligible? All clients who trade over $100M in total spot crypto volume on a 30-day rolling…