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Kraken welcomes Ben Gray as Chief Legal Officer

In his new role, Ben Gray will oversee our legal, compliance and enterprise risk management operations, guiding the company through the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. He will ensure we continue to uphold the highest standards of compliance and integrity as it further expands its geographical footprint and product portfolio. Ben will report directly to our…

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Kraken 2024 financial highlights

By Arjun Sethi, Kraken co-CEO Kraken was founded in 2011 with a clear vision: Build the most secure, reliable and accessible crypto exchange in the world. Our founders, Jesse Powell and Thanh Luu, started the company with a relentless focus on product, execution and long-term impact. At the time, Mt. Gox was on the verge…

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ACT, GRASS and ZEREBRO are available for trading!

We’re thrilled to announce that ACT, GRASS, and ZEREBRO are now available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading Trading for ACT, GRASS, and ZEREBRO will be live as of 15:00 UTC today, Jan 27, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. …

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Making sense of crypto investing: A simple explanation of Kraken’s CF Benchmarks’ new factor model

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…