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The crypto market has a reputation for being fast-moving and volatile – but when assets begin testing and breaking new all-time highs (ATHs), traders face some of the most critical decisions of their careers. In a recent Twitter/X Spaces session hosted by Kraken VP Growth Matt Howells-Barby, veteran trader @Dentoshi unpacked the mindset, tools and…
By Pete Rizzo, The Bitcoin HistorianBack then, Bitcoin was the toast of the financial mainstream. Books were being written about the subject, Bloomberg hosted a “12 Days of Bitcoin” Christmas special (where the host got robbed on air), and every Silicon Valley thought leader had an opinion about its future. Then, reality hit. The trough…
Kraken’s CF Benchmarks (CFB) has introduced a comprehensive analysis framework to help investors better understand cryptocurrency portfolio construction, optimization and risk management. Why should you care about crypto factors? A familiar model that applies to a new asset class Investors have long relied on factor-based approaches in traditional markets to understand the underlying drivers of…
We’re thrilled to announce that Layer3 (L3) is now available on Kraken! Funding and trading L3 trading will be live as of 10:00 AM UTC today, July 30, 2024. To add $L3 to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens using the…
We are delighted to announce we are now the Official Crypto and Web3 Partner of Tottenham Hotspur, one of England’s most iconic football clubs. Ahead of the 2024/2025 season, we will be the Official Sleeve Partner for all Tottenham Hotspur Men’s and Women’s teams. Kraken and Tottenham share a forward-thinking vision for how to leverage…
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),…
Trading volume has long been the default metric cited by analysts, media pundits and aggregators to rank cryptocurrency exchanges. While volume provides a high-level overview of marketplace activity, it can be faked to create the impression there’s more legitimate trading activity on a marketplace than there really is. The exchange can simply print non-existent trades…
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…
By Vishnu Patankar, Kraken’s Chief Technology Officer Crypto is uniquely suited to adopt AI Our industry is known for its volatility and 24/7/365 dynamic. As anyone who’s worked in crypto knows, the bull run quickly leads to immense pressures on most core functions, such as account sign-ups, client responses and token listings. In these situations,…
