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Why liquidity is an important metric in crypto markets

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…

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Simple, secure, powerful: Introducing Kraken Wallet

Your easy-to-use onchain gateway Whether you’re a Kraken client or not, you can use multichain Kraken Wallet as your bridge to the decentralized financial system. Built on our core values of privacy and security, Kraken Wallet provides self-custody of digital assets and data by providing an onchain experience users will love – backed by Kraken’s…

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How Kraken Wallet addresses challenges in mobile crypto security

We believe that the most secure mobile crypto wallet is one that overcomes the inherent constraints of its mobile operating system. For instance, on iOS, Apple’s CryptoKit doesn’t support the secp256k1 elliptic curve, a standard for Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other blockchains. This limitation restricts developers from utilizing the secure element of devices for key…

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Bonded and Flex Staking for Celestia (TIA) starts now

April 15, 2024 | Product, Staking We’re thrilled to announce the support for bonded on-chain staking strategies for TIA starts now in most regions! How can I start staking? Add crypto assets to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Clients can now stake crypto assets and earn up…

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Trading for Beam (BEAM) starts April 11 – deposit now

We’re thrilled to announce that Beam (BEAM) is now available on Kraken! Important: Kraken will not be supporting the migration of MC tokens to BEAM. If you hold MC tokens and wish to migrate them, please follow the instructions provided in this tutorial and FAQ: Beam Token Migration Tutorial and FAQ. Alternatively, you can directly…

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Trading for Ondo (ONDO) starts April 11 – deposit now

April 9, 2024 | Asset Listings, Product We’re thrilled to announce that Ondo (ONDO) is now available on Kraken! Funding and trading Funding for ONDO is live and trading starts on April 11. Add ONDO to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.  Only deposit ONDO on Ethereum. Deposits…

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Our $100,000 Futures Market Masters competition is back!

Update: That’s a wrap! Our biggest (and most lucrative) flagship futures trading competition* has ended. Want to see who won the whopping $100,000 USD prize pool? Click here. First things first Before you jump in, there’s a small but important step: Make sure you’ve traded at least $2,500 in futures volume. It’s our way of…

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Introducing right-click trading: Place limit and stop orders directly from price charts

Cryptocurrency trading requires precision, speed and strategic risk management. Kraken Pro’s new right-click feature enables clients to place limit and stop orders directly from a cryptoasset’s chart for more intuitive, less mistake-prone trading. This upgrade is all about refining your trading process, allowing for immediate action based on chart analysis without the need to navigate…