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By Perry Scott, Kraken Sr. Manager Policy & Government Relations There was the creation of the Eurobond market in the 1960s, which London and New York together transformed into a foundation for global capital flows. Then the post-financial crisis reforms of the G20 era, where U.S. and U.K. leadership drove international standards on clearing, risk…
More markets, more control This October, your futures trading experience is getting a major upgrade. Kraken now supports CME futures contracts – from equity indices to energy, metals, FX and more. With professional-grade order tools, ultra-competitive 0.5 bps fees and free live market data for funded non-professional clients, trading futures has never been easier. Why…
In brief The U.K. government is seeking to keep most of the £5 billion ($7 billion) in Bitcoin it seized in 2018 from Zhimin Qian, who has pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property. The fraud’s victims have opened civil proceedings aimed at securing compensation, with the first hearing due in January. Legal experts suggest that,…
CRYPTO HIGHER, US GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN, PUMP LEADS REBOUNDCrypto Higher Despite Us Government Shutdown. Recent Runners Xpl, Aster, Stbl All Weak. Blackrock Eth Staking Etf Could Be Coming in Oct. Sec Opens Door for State Trusts as Crypto Custodians. Tron Inc. Down 85% From Peak Amid Dat Slumps. Gensler’s Deleted Texts Under Scrutiny. Metaplanet Buys…
CRYPTO REBOUNDS, ASTER METRICS SOAR, PLASMA HITS $13BETH, HYPE & BNB lead bounce in top L1s. ETH ETFs saw ATH outflows last week. Swift to launch blockchain in response to stablecoins. ASTER flips Tether in fees, Binance for perp volume. SEC’s Pierce urges quick progress in crypto. Stablecoin supply hits ATH over $300b. Plasma briefly…
In brief XRP is a cryptocurrency developed to facilitate efficient cross-border transactions, particularly for financial institutions and payment providers. The XRP Ledger employs a unique consensus protocol called the Ripple Consensus Algorithm to validate transactions. A long-running legal dispute between Ripple Labs and the U.S. SEC over whether sales of XRP constituted a unregistered securities…
April 18, 2017 | Product Kraken is pleased to offer new international wire options to fund accounts with US dollars (USD), British pounds (GBP), and euros (EUR). Deposit details Availability: All service areas except the US, which is already covered by domestic USD payments Start time: immediately Currencies: USD, GBP, EUR Payment type: International SWIFT…
Global digital asset exchange Kraken is pleased to announce the acquisition of the award-winning wallet funding service Glidera (https://www.glidera.io). Chicago-based Glidera is the world’s first non-custodial buying and selling service for wallets that has grown quickly since its launch in 2015 to integrate with 10 of the top bitcoin wallets. The terms of the deal…
October 27, 2016 | News, Product Zcash (ZEC) trading is coming this Friday, October 28! What is Zcash? Perhaps the most hotly anticipated digital asset of 2016, Zcash has a highly regarded development team and investment from major VC firms (Pantera, Fenbushi, and The Digital Currency Group) and Bitcoin VIPs (Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees, Barry…
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…
