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BTC TOUCHES $110K, ETH LEADS MAJORS, OPENAI REFUTES TOKENISED STOCKBTC nears ATH, touches $110k. ETH leads broad crypto rally in altcoins. Committed to advancing tokenisation: SEC Chair. Institutions buying, big whales selling BTC. Addentax Group to buy $1.2b BTC. Bit Digital raises $163m to buy ETH. DFDV raises $112.5m to buy SOL. ETH ETFs could…
We’re thrilled to announce our new licensed broker offering that will service eligible Australian wholesale clients with a broad suite of exciting crypto-based derivatives products. Starting today, we will enable wholesale clients to acquire crypto-based derivatives via our Australian financial services licensed broker. Our new crypto derivatives broker offering provides both flexibility and depth to…
By Ben Irving, Kraken Sr. Software Engineer Performance pain can make developers go the extra mile. In this blog post, you can learn from the performance issues we experienced at Kraken and how we embarked on a New Architecture adoption journey to solve those issues. Yes, there were speed bumps along the way. We learned…
We’re thrilled to announce that we have added ten new NFT collections to Kraken NFT for our clients to explore, collect and trade. After revealing dozens of NFT collections over the past few weeks, we carefully selected these new collections so you can continue to build the NFT collection of your dreams with zero gas…
Humanity has long relied on physical currency as a medium for representing and transferring value. Some of the earliest examples of coinage date back many thousands of years. The Mesopotamian shekel is widely believed to be the oldest coin. Western Asian tribes first minted the shekel – meaning “weight” – 5,000 years ago. This example…
Life is full of tradeoffs. Oftentimes, we can only maximize one outcome by sacrificing another. Sometimes these tradeoffs are not exactly 1:1 tradeoffs but are part of a more complex relationship. What are some examples of a trilemma? Realtors might say: a big house, great location, affordable price – pick two Chefs might say: big…
Guy Hirsch is Kraken’s new Managing Director for North America and he joined the Kraken team this month after building crypto businesses at Samsung and eToro. He’s an experienced operator in the crypto space and has some forward-looking ideas about the future of the industry. Hirsch will oversee Kraken’s businesses across North America and will…
There has never been a dull moment in crypto, and this year was no exception. In 2022, Kraken celebrated 11 years of our mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. It’s been quite a ride. Our singular focus on this…
If you’ve ever tried to explain cryptocurrency to your relatives, you might have found it can be as difficult as trying to teach rocket science to a toddler. Most folks react with skepticism, ridicule or scorn when you try to explain the utility of decentralized digital currencies that have limited supplies and aren’t controlled by…
Bitcoin’s appetite for energy needs little discussion. For years it’s been a top-of-mind topic for regulators, a major concern among critics, and a frequently misreported feature of the protocol. The specific point of contention lies with bitcoin mining — a resource-intensive, cryptography-based competition that repeats approximately every ten minutes. Each winner is rewarded with transaction…
