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Kraken, Gunbot Celebrate Futures Trading Integration with $10,000 Competition

Kraken Derivatives is excited to announce a new integration with Gunbot, one of the oldest and most trusted algorithmic trading platforms in the cryptocurrency industry.  Targeted at both professional and amateur traders, software applications such as Gunbot democratize access to precise and sophisticated trading strategies. Kraken has a long-standing relationship with Gunbot, as our spot…

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Meet Kraken’s New Managing Director for Australia – Jonathon Miller

On January 14th, Kraken acquired Australia’s longest-running crypto service provider Bit Trade. Bit Trade offers a multi-cryptocurrency spot exchange as well as an over-the-counter (OTC) service that provides deep liquidity to professional institutions and traders. With this acquisition, Kraken will focus on being the premier crypto service in Australia with the best AUD liquidity, trading…

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The Markets Series – Part 2: Explaining Crypto Trading

Explaining Crypto Trading: Welcome to the Jungle Excitement, fear, greed, chaos, that rush of adrenaline…markets bring out our animal spirits, and they’re often intimidating. In the second installment of The Markets Series, we tackle the makings of a trade and conceptualize execution to empower you with the knowledge to navigate the market. Trading: Matches made…

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Beware of the Crypto Confidence Man

Here’s a common scenario. You read that the price of Bitcoin went up 10% last night and see commentary suggesting that we are just now at the start of another bull run. Not wanting to miss the boat like you did back in 2017, you look for a way to get in the market. The…

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The Weekly Hash – January 20 – 24

January 27, 2020 | News Check out the most important happenings this past week in the world of crypto, brought to you by the experts at Kraken. This digest is prepared for informative purposes only and does not represent an investment recommendation or investment advice. Please see our full disclaimer at the bottom for more…

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Algorand (ALGO) Trading is Coming to Kraken on January 22

January 21, 2020 | News Algorand is a new proof-of-stake blockchain with a native cryptocurrency (ALGO) that offers its users the ability to create tokens and launch decentralized applications. What is Algorand (ALGO)? Algorand is a new proof-of-stake blockchain with a native cryptocurrency (ALGO) that offers its users the ability to create tokens and launch…

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Kraken Hires Veteran Cryptocurrency Journalist Pete Rizzo

Kraken is excited to announce Pete Rizzo has become the latest bitcoin and cryptocurrency industry veteran to join our growing global team. Pete is best known for his foundational work as Editor-in-Chief at leading industry news-source CoinDesk. While there, he oversaw all content production for CoinDesk.com, as well as the company’s subscription emails, monthly research…

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Use Etana Custody to Fund Your Kraken Account for Free

To help ring in the New Year, our funding partner Etana Custody is waiving all deposit wire fees. This means that when you fund your Kraken account in USD, EUR, CAD, GBP, or JPY with Etana, it will be completely free! If this wasn’t enough good news, all custody fees charged by Etana (previously 0.125%)…