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The Kraken Website and API will be unavailable on Saturday, November 23 at 16:00 UTC for approximately 1 hour as we perform site maintenance. What’s the purpose of this downtime? We’re performing a scheduled upgrade that will improve system security, as this is our top priority. How does this affect me? All spot exchange services…
October 30, 2019 | News Kraken Pro delivers all the security and features you love about the Kraken Exchange, in a beautiful, mobile-first design for advanced crypto trading on the go. No more FOMO. No more being chained to your desk. Unplug yourself! Download now: Power and sophistication at the click of a button, including:…
October 24, 2019 | Product The Kraken WebSockets Private API is live! The first two messages of the Private API are now available to all Kraken clients after having been in beta-only access since October 1. What is a WebSockets Private API? Kraken’s WebSockets API (Application Program Interface) provides a faster, more efficient interface for…
Interest in futures trading on Kraken is surging. In the past few months, trading volumes on Kraken Derivatives have grown several times to mark a record $350 million 24h volume in late June. Our traders cite many reasons for why they prefer Kraken Derivatives to other platforms. In addition to offering up to 50x leverage…
Update: The new version is now live! The original release of the Kraken WebSockets Public API was a huge success. Thousands of clients have already connected for fast and easy access to Kraken’s market data. Clients still using our REST API for public market data should consider switching and can get started with our documentation…
January 23, 2019 | Product Update: The WebSockets Public API launched on schedule January 30! Kraken is excited to announce the upcoming launch of the WebSockets Public API for market data! This is a service that many of our clients have requested since it enables faster and easier access to Kraken’s market data. When will the…
The title is a nod to a recent article in which a reporter covering market structure for Bloomberg News inexplicably fails to comprehend basic market concepts such as arbitrage, order books and currency pegs. More troubling, however, was the applause from other “journalist” lemmings as they followed in walking their reputations off a cliff. It…
December 15, 2017 | News This blaze is on fire. The recent, unexpected explosion in demand has been overwhelming. Each of the past few days has produced 50,000 new account registrations and 10,000 new support tickets — an order of magnitude above where we were just last quarter. Concurrent users, daily trades and volumes are…
February 24, 2017 | Security A bug was recently discovered with Cloudflare, which Kraken and many other websites use for DoS protection and other services. Due to the nature of the bug, we recommend as a precaution that Kraken clients change their security credentials: Change your password Change your two-factor authentication (remove and re-enable it)…
Global digital asset exchange Kraken is pleased to announce the acquisition of the award-winning wallet funding service Glidera (https://www.glidera.io). Chicago-based Glidera is the world’s first non-custodial buying and selling service for wallets that has grown quickly since its launch in 2015 to integrate with 10 of the top bitcoin wallets. The terms of the deal…
