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Kraken Opens for Trading

September 10, 2013 | News Kraken is pleased to announce their launch with trading between euros, bitcoins, and litecoins. Kraken CEO Jesse Powell said that Kraken is able to service most jurisdictions at launch, but in order to accommodate regulatory requirements, some jurisdictions would have limited services or no services. Restricted jurisdictions include high AML…

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Kraken is Born

July 28, 2011 | News In June 2011, Jesse Powell hops a last-minute flight to Tokyo to help what was then the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, MtGox, recover from a hacking attack. Jesse is an industry veteran who recognized the importance of Bitcoin early on, having been a highly successful entrepreneur in the…