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Hot on the heels of August, September 2022 also trended negatively for cryptoassets overall. Based on market capitalization, all sectors saw negative returns for the month, ranging from -14% to -1%. Following the overall crypto market trend, NFT market activity also slowed in August. Average daily users and average daily transactions fell -5.7% and -3.1%…
After a rigorous internal and external search over the past year, Kraken is thrilled to announce that our COO Dave Ripley will succeed Kraken’s Co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell, who will become chairman of the board of directors. Dave has been building the future of financial freedom and inclusion alongside Jesse for six years and…
After July’s green candles, August 2022 resumed a downward trend for cryptoassets across the board. Bitcoin, Ethereum and the rest of the crypto market saw negative returns for the month. Prices of BTC (-14%) and ETH (-8%) decreased after July’s gains. Metaverse (-23%) and DeFi (-21%) led sectors to the downside. NFT market activity also…
After months of price declines across cryptoassets, July 2022 brought signs of recovery. All sectors saw positive monthly returns — gaining a minimum of 8% — led by DeFi (52%) and metaverse (35%). Prices of BTC (19%) and ETH (59%) increased after three months of negative returns. Uncertainty lingered in July following several months of…
“You’d think after 11 years, you could start feeling comfortable with your business, but it has basically been wartime in crypto since day one.” In 2011, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell set out to build a crypto exchange that clients and regulators could trust. Despite headwinds and market uncertainties, Jesse has led Kraken through more than…
We’re thrilled to reveal 70 of the leading NFT collections that will soon be available to Kraken NFT beta testers. We carefully selected these collections so you can explore, curate and secure the NFT collection of your dreams with zero gas fees.* The beta will include NFT collections across the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. We…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Ambire AdEx (ADX), BitDAO (BIT), Chromia (CHR), COTI (COTI), GensoKishi Metaverse (MV), Alien Worlds (TLM) and Terra Virtual Kolect (TVK)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on June 9 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page for updates. You…
June 7, 2022 | Kraken Intelligence The non-fungible token (NFT) boom of 2021 not only brought mainstream attention to digital art investment, it also catalyzed increased development of the crypto metaverse. The metaverse — a previously esoteric term first used in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson — has emerged as…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Civic (CVC), Radicle (RAD) and SuperFarm (SUPER)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on May 19 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page for updates. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Adventure Gold (AGLD), API3 (API3), Lido DAO (LDO), Numeraire (NMR), iExec (RLC), KeeperDAO (ROOK), Threshold Network (T) and Wrapped Ether (WETH)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on May 5 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page for updates.…
