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A new frontier has opened in the world of cryptocurrency, one where an emerging ecosystem of protocols is promising to reimagine financial services as we know them. Welcome to the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) powered by Ethereum. On Friday, July 31 at 13:00 UTC (9:00 EST), Kraken Editor-At-Large Pete Rizzo will lead an all-star…
Great news – clients can now fund their account and trade with the Australian dollar (AUD) on Kraken! The AUD becomes Kraken’s seventh fiat currency, joining USD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP and the JPY. This latest announcement follows our January 2020 acquisition of Australia’s longest-running cryptocurrency operation, Bit Trade, and represents Kraken’s continued pursuit of…
Kraken is pleased to announce it is now enabling individuals and entities who hold DOTs – the Polkadot blockchain’s native cryptocurrency – to claim their tokens on our exchange. Claiming will become available tomorrow, June 16th, at 15:30 UTC. The move comes in advance of our launch of DOT staking with up to 20% rewards,…
June 1, 2020 | Product Kraken clients will soon be able to tap into the largest market for Tether (USDT). Starting June 2 at approximately 13:30 UTC, Kraken will launch support for deposits and withdrawals of USDT on the Ethereum blockchain (USDT-ERC20). Since traders typically deposit USDT for the purpose of trading other assets, we…
Kraken’s ‘Crypto Asset Spotlight’ takes a closer look at crypto assets trading on our exchange when they display notable trends. Figure 1: Gnosis (GNO) vs Bitcoin (XBT) and USD After the brutal coronavirus-related selloff in March, crypto markets rebounded strongly in April, though some assets performed better than others. One asset that showed notable relative…
Starting Thursday, May 14, CF Benchmarks will begin publishing market indices for three new cryptocurrencies: Tezos (XTZ), Stellar (XLM) and EOSIO (EOS).The decision marks the largest expansion of assets we cover, following our release of indices for Bitcoin (XBT), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC) and Ripple (XRP).Both Kraken and CF Benchmarks believe reliable…
April 6, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence Kraken Intelligence, our in-house research team, has released a new note entitled “VIRES IN NUMERIS,” a brief yet comprehensive overview of Bitcoin. The second in a planned series of asset reviews designed to help beginner traders master the basics of major cryptocurrencies, it follows our January note on Ethereum.…
Kraken’s ‘Crypto Asset Spotlight’ takes a closer look at crypto assets trading on our exchange when they display notable trends. Figure 1: Crypto pairs with the largest increases in March trading volume. In a month when most of the crypto asset market was mired in red candles, Kraken traders may have noticed one notable exception,…
March 27, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like early access to our latest research and the opportunity to participate in future surveys, create an account today or ask your account manager for details. Kraken Intelligence, our team of in-house research experts, surveyed 400 clients…
March 4, 2020 | News, Product We are pleased to announce that Tron (TRX) will be listed on Kraken starting March 5.What is Tron (TRX)?Initially launched as a token on Ethereum, Tron (TRX) has since evolved into its own platform designed to fuel new and experimental blockchain-based applications.Indeed, Tron has emulated more than just Ethereum’s…
