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Kraken to support DAO trading

May 26, 2016 | News Kraken will add The DAO tokens to the growing list of assets supported on its global, cutting edge and low fee trading platform. The DAO tokens will trade under the abbreviation “DAO” with the following trade pairs available at launch: DAO/XBT (bitcoin) DAO/ETH (ether) DAO/EUR (euro) DAO/USD (US dollar) DAO/CAD…

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Kraken adds support for the Ethereum Standard DAO Framework

April 23, 2016 | News, Product You can now access the full power of the Ethereum network from Kraken’s platform! We have added a data field for ether withdrawal addresses that is capable of interacting directly with the Ethereum blockchain, including existing DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and existing smart contracts. Support for deposits from Ethereum…

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Kraken Receives Series B Investment From Money Partners Group

We are pleased to announce an investment from Money Partners Group, one of Japan’s leading foreign exchange brokerages, in the Kraken Series B round of financing. Tokyo-based Money Partners Group is listed on the 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and holds a current market cap of over ¥29 billion, or over $260 million…

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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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Beyond Charting and TA: Trading Strategy and Methodology

Hi Everyone, This is Kevin Zhou, former economist/trader at Buttercoin and currently strategist/trader at Kraken.  There’s a lot of material out there about how to place orders and execute trades but very little on trading strategy and methodology (beyond charting and TA), so I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on that topic.  I’ll…

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Kraken Launches Ether Trading

August 8, 2015 | News, Product Today Kraken launched with ether trading. Ethers are the currency of the Ethereum network, which is a decentralized platform for executing programmable smart contracts.  Out of the gate it was Kraken’s highest volume launch to date, with over 3 million ethers traded in the first week (worth over 15,000…