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By Mark Greenberg, Kraken Global Head of ConsumerThis year promises deeper integration of crypto into mainstream financial strategies, spurred by growing trust, accessibility and innovation. Here are my six top-of-mind themes for the coming year. 1. Crypto becomes a staple in the ideal investment portfolio Crypto’s historic asymmetric return profile has made it increasingly difficult…
Earlier this week, Bybit announced their exit from France. We’re proud to be expanding in France and across Europe, fully committed to operating in compliance with regulatory requirements. As one of the longest-standing crypto exchanges, we’ve built a strong foundation in Europe, where we are a leader in euro trading volumes and continue to prioritize…
We’re thrilled to announce that FWOG, SPX and GOAT are now available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading Fwog, SPX6900,and Goatseus Maximus trading will be live as of 15:30 PM UTC today, December 11, 2024. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. …
By Thomas Perfumo, Kraken Head of Strategy As crypto’s influence grows, it is clear TradFi must adapt as 24/7 trading becomes a global and generational expectation. Born for this: The crypto advantage Cryptocurrencies revolutionize trading by allowing transactions to occur anytime, anywhere. This democratizes access, enabling a global community of investors to engage in trading…
By Bivu Das, Kraken U.K. General Manager “Tax complexity itself is a kind of tax.” This famous quote from U.S. Senator Max Baucus resonates regardless of your country of residence. In the emerging crypto ecosystem, there are additional complications given the lack of clear and consistent jurisdictional tax guidelines and the importance of accurately tracking…
Explore Kraken Labs: labs.kraken.com We’re thrilled to unveil Kraken Labs, initially launching as a suite of five interactive data visualization modules created by staff designer Benno Gerrit Wissing. These experiments leverage both Kraken-derived and onchain data to explore the limitless possibilities of crypto data visualization, ranging from highly exploratory and abstract 3D real-time data visualizations…
We are delighted to announce that Kraken has been recognized across multiple categories in two recent Australian crypto industry award ceremonies: Finder’s Crypto Trading Platform Awards 2024 and WeMoney’s 2024 Crypto Awards. Finder, an award-winning financial comparison site, named Kraken Best Overall Crypto Trading Platform for Australian clients during 2024. This determination came after their…
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…
On the morning of May 10, 2023, Kraken testified about the SEC’s overreach in crypto before both the House Financial Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee. Kraken testified that current laws do not adequately cover the digital asset industry, and that Congress could do more to put in place a set of rules to…
