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Kraken Is Now on Instagram

July 31, 2020 | Crypto Education Need a place to direct friends and family just discovering crypto?  Good news! Kraken is now live on Instagram. There, our expert team is making full use of the medium to dispense words of wisdom, product updates, educational resources and more. In other words, we’re striving to adapt the…

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Crypto Facilities Becomes First Crypto Firm to Receive MTF License in the UK

Crypto Facilities, a subsidiary of Kraken, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Europe by euro trading volumes, has become the first cryptocurrency company to obtain a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). With this new license, Crypto Facilities will be able to expand its product range and better serve institutional…

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Kraken Grants $150,000 to Open-Source Bitcoin Payment Processor BTCPay

At Kraken, we’re committed to supporting great open-source development, both through direct grants and full-time employment. That’s why this week Kraken sent $150,000 worth of Bitcoin to BTCPay Server, an open-source Bitcoin payment processor that’s free, secure, private and censorship-resistant, to coincide with our recognition of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day on June 26th.…

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Australian Dollar (AUD) Funding and Trading Is Going Live on Kraken

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…