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Over seven years ago, on August 8, 2015, Kraken was the first exchange to make Ethereum (ETH) available to millions of clients. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Kraken will support the Ethereum Merge that is estimated to take place between September 10-20, 2022. The Merge marks the end of Ethereum’s proof-of-work (PoW) mechanism and…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Alpha Venture DAO (ALPHA), Bluzelle (BLZ), Boba Network (BOBA), Celer Network (CELR), Nodle (NODL), Polkastarter (POLS), Marlin (POND), TrueFi (TRU) and Chain (XCN)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on August 26 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page…
Kraken is thrilled to share the results of our second 2022 Proof of Reserves audit, which has been expanded to include: BTC* ETH* USDT USDC XRP ADA* DOT* Note: * Indicates Proof of Reserves audit covered assets held both on Kraken’s spot exchange and staking platform A Proof of Reserve audit is a trail-blazing accounting…
August 5, 2022 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports JUNO (JUNO)! Funding and Trading Funding and trading are now live. Keep an eye on the status page for updates. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Deposits are…
The crypto industry faced headwinds in recent months as May’s collapse of the Terra ecosystem took its toll. In June and July, major crypto lending platforms (including Celsius, BlockFi, Voyager and Vauld) took drastic measures in the wake of “extreme market conditions.” June’s leverage-related fallout for crypto lenders continued into July but did not extend…
Any sound money satisfies three important conditions: Preserves and stores value over time Serves as a widely accepted unit of account in a given market Functions as a practical medium of exchange for transfers of any size Bitcoin’s predictable, disinflationary supply growth rate continues to drive its utility as a store of value. As Bitcoin’s…
June 1, 2022 | News Did you know you can now stake from your mobile device using the Kraken Pro app? Staking is one of the simplest ways to accrue crypto and cash holdings with Kraken. Bear market or bull market, staking pays out steady rewards on assets that would otherwise be sitting idle in…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Alchemy Pay (ACH), IDEX (IDEX) and Request (REQ)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on May 31 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,…
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.…
Following Kraken’s listings of Akash (AKT), Badger DAO (BADGER), Band Protocol (BAND), Cartesi (CTSI), Covalent (CQT), Energy Web Token (EWT), Aavegotchi (GHST), Injective Protocol (INJ), Mango (MNGO), Star Atlas DAO (POLIS), Rarible (RARI), Ren (REN), Saber (SBR), Serum (SRM), Wrapped BTC (WBTC) and 0x (ZRX) for most countries, Kraken is excited to announce the availability…
