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Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! Today, we celebrate Laszlo Hanyecz’ historic bitcoin-for-pizza transaction – the first time bitcoins were used as currency in exchange for real-world goods. You can read Laszlo’s original bitcoin-for-pizza bitcointalk.org forum post here. This year, instead of focusing on Laszlo’s mindboggling opportunity cost (yes, those 10,000 bitcoins are worth about $700M today),…
Kraken is excited to announce that we’re accelerating our new asset listing process. We’ve created a new listings page to standardize our listing process for project teams and deliver greater transparency into our asset listing roadmap for the crypto community. We’ve also simplified the application form, enabling teams to easily articulate their projects’ key characteristics…
Seamlessly earn returns on all eligible cryptoassets! Rewards is our new feature that allows users to make their cryptoassets work harder while also helping support the crypto ecosystem by helping to validate transactions. Earn rewards on assets held in your spot balance without locking them away or being subject to any bonding periods. You can…
Today, we double down on our European expansion strategy by announcing a new strategic partnership that enables us to actively enhance our product offering in Germany, a key market for European crypto adoption. Starting around July 10, 2024, we expect to offer German clients access to a range of innovative crypto products via a dedicated…
We’re thrilled to announce that Beam (BEAM) and Ondo (ONDO) are now available on Kraken for residents in Canada! Funding and trading Both BEAM and ONDO funding and trading are live. Add BEAM and ONDO to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Make sure to deposit your tokens…
April 23, 2024 | Product We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum (ETH) on Linea! What is Linea? Linea is a Layer 2 (L2) solution tailored for Ethereum, aiming to enhance scalability and flexibility for decentralized applications (dApps). It leverages zero-knowledge proofs alongside complete Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility,…
We’re thrilled to announce that Bonk (BONK), Dymension (DYM), Jito (JTO), Jupiter (JUP), Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL), Wormhole (W) and Dogwifhat (WIF) are now available on Kraken for residents in the United Kingdom! Funding and trading BONK, DYM, JTO, JUP, POL, WIF and W funding and trading are live. Add your token to your Kraken…
By Pete Rizzo, Kraken Editor at Large Pete Rizzo is a leading Bitcoin Historian and author of over 2,000 articles on cryptocurrency. He is also an Editor at Bitcoin Magazine. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of Kraken or its management.…
Guest blog by Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW)NLW is the host of Coindesk’s The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital and was on the founding team of Change.org The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views…
Your easy-to-use onchain gateway Whether you’re a Kraken client or not, you can use multichain Kraken Wallet as your bridge to the decentralized financial system. Built on our core values of privacy and security, Kraken Wallet provides self-custody of digital assets and data by providing an onchain experience users will love – backed by Kraken’s…
