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With the recent market downturn, a lot of candidates and Krakenites have been asking, “What does this mean!?” Our response: “First time?” What it means is it’s once again time to build. It’s time to remember why we’re doing this: The Mission of bringing financial freedom and inclusion to the billions of people suffering from…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports new margin pairs for Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC) and Dai (DAI)! Trading Margin trading is now available for: Pair base Pair name Available leverage Long position limit Short position limit USDT USDT/GBP 4 200,000 USDT 200,000 USDT USDT/CHF 4 100,000 USDT 100,000 USDT USDT/CAD 4 150,000…
Kraken is excited to announce our automated request-for-quote (AutoRFQ) tool, enabling over-the-counter (OTC) clients to instantly trade large orders ($100K+) for a variety of cryptocurrencies. AutoRFQ empowers institutions and high-net-worth individuals to independently request and accept automated block trade quotes via the Kraken OTC desk. Execution and settlement are discreet and secure while offering competitive…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports new margin pairs for ApeCoin (APE) and Waves (WAVES)! Trading Margin trading for these assets is available now. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding. Pair base Pair name Available leverage Long Position Limit Short Position Limit APE APEUSD 3X 10,000…
We are pleased to announce that Kraken now supports Terra 2.0 (LUNA2). Funding and Trading You can add LUNA2 to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Trading is live. Keep an eye on our status page for updates. Note: You can no longer stake Terra Classic (LUNA) at…
We are excited to announce that Polkadot Parachain Auctions are now live. Earn rewards while supporting your favorite Polkadot projects on Kraken! With as little as 0.1 DOT, you can cast your vote in an auction for the next parachain to be added to the Polkadot network. Purchase DOT here or deposit it by navigating…
Kraken is thrilled to announce support for upcoming parachain slot auctions on the Polkadot network. We’ve already empowered clients to participate in Kusama’s growing ecosystem via parachain auctions — so far resulting in over $35 million contributed in 2021. Clients looking to support the bids of their favorite Polkadot projects will be able to do…
Bitcoin ATMs offer a convenient and friendly way for consumers to purchase cryptocurrencies. That ease of use can sometimes come at the expense of security. Kraken Security Labs has uncovered multiple hardware and software vulnerabilities in a commonly used cryptocurrency ATM: The General Bytes BATMtwo (GBBATM2). Multiple attack vectors were found through the default administrative…
By: Brett McLain, Director of Engineering – Crypto, Fiat, Staking If you’re interested in cryptocurrencies, payments, or staking and want to help build the financial system of the future, the funding engineering team @ Kraken is hiring! When Kraken launched almost a decade ago, only four cryptocurrencies were supported: BTC, LTC, XRP and NMC. Today,…
Clients looking to support their favorite Kusama projects can now, for the first time, participate in Parachain Slot Auctions (or ‘Parachain Auctions’ for short) directly from the Kraken platform. Key points to note:1. Parachain auctions are not available to residents of the US, Canada, Japan and Australia. 2. Only verified Intermediate accounts and higher are…
