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Trading for Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL) starts now

December 21, 2023 | Asset Listings, Product We’re thrilled to announce that Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL) is now available on Kraken! Funding and trading POL funding and trading are live. Add POL to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.  Only deposit POL on Polygon. Deposits using other networks…

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Security above everything: why every month is Cybersecurity Awareness Month at Kraken

By Nick Percoco, Kraken Chief Security Officer Cybersecurity cannot be an afterthought for a crypto platform. At Kraken, we consider securing our clients’ personal information and cryptoassets to be our highest priority, so we place security above everything. Following October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’d like to tell you more about our ongoing approach to safeguarding…

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Announcing Kraken’s liquidity pool for futures

Enhanced risk management We are always looking for ways to help our clients participate in crypto markets with greater confidence. So we are pleased to introduce our liquidity pool for futures, designed to minimize the need to unwind futures positions and improve the experience of Position Assignment System (PAS) participants. The liquidity pool provides additional…

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Why buy an NFT: Community membership

One of the most misunderstood aspects of non-fungible token (NFT) ownership has steadily turned into one of its biggest draws. While some are solely focused on the media the NFTs represent, others are exploring what it means to be the rightful owner of that piece of media. Within most NFT collections, there is a fixed…

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Everything you need to know about the Ethereum Cancun upgrade

Ethereum Cancun-Deneb (Dencun) is the next planned upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain. The upgrade will improve the scalability, security, and usability of the Ethereum network. Cancun represents an additional upgrade to Ethereum’s execution layer following the recent activation of Shanghai. This first step went live at epoch 194048, on April 12. Deneb represents the upgrade…