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Karura (KAR) Trading Starts July 20 – Deposit Now

July 20, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Kraken is now supporting Karura (KAR).  Deposits and withdrawals are now open.  Trading will begin Tuesday, July 20, at approximately 15:30 UTC. Note: Trading is not available to residents of the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. What is Karura? Karura is designed to operate…

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Khala Wins The Fourth Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

July 13, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Khala secured the fourth parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 4 Winner Khala (K-PHA) – Phala Network is a Kusama parachain that tackles the issue of trust in the computation cloud. This blockchain is a trustless computation platform that enables massive cloud processing…

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We’ve Been Here Before – June 2021 Market Recap & Outlook

VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like access to our newsletter or want to start trading, get the resources crypto investors worldwide trust.  The crypto markets were brimming with excitement to start 2021. But as we enter the dog days of summer, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are flatlining, sentiment…

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Shiden Wins The Third Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

July 6, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Shiden secured the third parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 3 Winner Shiden (SDN) – A smart contract platform for decentralized applications (dapps) on the Kusama network. Shiden is built to support “layer 2” solutions, which refers to secondary frameworks built on top…

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Moonriver Wins The Second Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

June 29, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Moonbeam’s Moonriver Network secured the second parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 2 Winner Moonriver (MOVR) – A smart contract blockchain that supports Ethereum decentralized applications, Moonriver is intended to operate on Kusama as a parachain and provide a full EVM implementation, a…

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Karura Wins The First Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

We are excited to announce that Acala’s Karura Network secured the first ever parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 1 Winner Karura (KAR) – Described as a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) hub and stablecoin platform for the Kusama network, Karura will operate on Kusama as a parachain and aims to host several different functions on…

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Kraken Breaks New Ground with First-of-its-Kind Parachain Auction Platform

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…