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Kraken listing Tezos (XTZ)

We are pleased to announce that Kraken will list Tezos (XTZ). XTZ trading starts Tuesday October 16! Trading and funding start timeThe approximate launch time globally is: PT: Tuesday October 16 at 8:00 amET: Tuesday October 16 at 11:00 amUTC: Tuesday October 16 at 3:00 pmCEST: Tuesday October 16 at 5:00 pmHKT: Tuesday October 16…

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Kraken’s Position on Regulation

Introduction Since 2011, Kraken has been a leader in the industry, actively developing and driving multiple self-regulatory organizations (DATA, JADA), and working with regulators to enact fair and effective rules to govern the evolving blockchain industry.  In fact, had we not laid off half the team in 2014, our legal bills would have bankrupted the…

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Bitcoin Cash and a Critical Alert for Bitcoin Margin Traders

On August 1 2017 at 12:20 pm UTC a small community of Bitcoin users is planning a hard fork from Bitcoin to an alternative protocol called “Bitcoin Cash” (BCH). Bitcoin Cash is expected to be a minority chain, with the vast majority of the Bitcoin community remaining on the chain that activates Segregated Witness and,…

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Bitcoin and Other Digital Assets Reach New All-Time Highs

May 3, 2017 | News The price of bitcoin and the total market cap for digital assets are each shattering previous records. At the time of writing, bitcoin is over $1500, while the digital assets total market cap is nearing the $40,000,000,000 mark. These numbers represent new all-time highs for an industry that is becoming…

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Kraken Acquires Cryptowatch and Launches New Trade Platform

Kraken is pleased to announce the acquisition of the popular charting and trading platform Cryptowatch (https://cryptowat.ch) – used by thousands of traders to chart over 150 markets in real-time and trade up to 22 digital assets through a highly user-friendly interface. Cryptowatch has seen rapid growth in the past two years, increasing its active user-base…

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How to Get Started Trading on Kraken’s New Trading Platform

Kraken is pleased to launch a new and greatly improved trading platform for our clients that is found here: https://trade.kraken.com/ The trading platform is adapted from the popular charting and trading site Cryptowatch. Kraken has acquired Cryptowatch – you can read more about the acquisition here: Quick-Start Guide to Trading on the New Platform Accessing…

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New Kraken Site Design

March 5, 2015 | News, Product Kraken will be launching a brand-new site design within the next few days, so we want to give you a brief preview of some important changes. First, you will notice that the new site mentions margin trading. This doesn’t mean that margin trading will be available when the new…

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Introducing the Kraken iOS App

September 16, 2014 | News We are very excited to announce the launch of the Kraken iOS app! Read on for screenshots and a quick tour! Account: Add your Kraken API key to view your balances and open orders at a glance. We recommend that you create a special API key just for your iOS…