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Kraken Fee Change & Important Updates

We have many important updates to share, and we encourage everyone to read the complete list of updates, including a change to trading fees and price precision. Extension of Free Deposits to April 1 Kraken has seen a more than 2x increase in the number of new accounts (not including the migrated accounts) since announcing…

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Kraken Acquiring Coinsetter and Cavirtex to Expand in US and Canada

Acquiring Coinsetter and Cavirtex We are pleased to announce that we are acquiring major exchanges Coinsetter and Cavirtex. NYC-based Coinsetter, founded in 2012, is one of America’s most prominent national bitcoin exchanges, and Cavirtex, founded in 2011, is Canada’s first bitcoin exchange with the highest historical trading volume. These two acquisitions set the stage for…

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Kraken Brings Bitcoin to Canada

June 29, 2015 | News, Product Hey Canada! Great news – you can now buy and sell bitcoins with Kraken! Just create an account from anywhere in Canada, fund it in Canadian dollars, and trade for bitcoin with our new XBT/CAD trading pair. The native CAD funding and trading gives you direct access to the…