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Shiden (SDN) Funding and Trading Starts September 2

September 1, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Kraken is now supporting Shiden (SDN).  Deposits, withdrawals and trading will begin at approximately 15:30 UTC on September 2. Clients who contributed to Shiden’s Parachain Auction on Kraken will automatically receive SDN rewards in their Kraken account. Get full details on the rewards distribution…

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Moonriver (MOVR) Trading starts August 27 – Deposit Now

August 26, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Kraken is now supporting Moonriver (MOVR).  Deposits and withdrawals are now open.  Trading will begin at approximately 09:00 UTC on August 27. Clients who contributed to Moonriver’s Parachain Auction on Kraken will automatically receive MOVR rewards in their Kraken account. Full details on the…

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Testing Crypto Payments & Staking at Kraken

By: Brett McLain, Director of Engineering – Crypto, Fiat, Staking If you’re interested in cryptocurrencies, payments, or staking and want to help build the financial system of the future, the funding engineering team @ Kraken is hiring! When Kraken launched almost a decade ago, only four cryptocurrencies were supported: BTC, LTC, XRP and NMC.  Today,…

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Kraken Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

Today, Kraken is proud to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. For the last decade, it has been our goal to promote the adoption of cryptocurrencies and ensure that our clients enjoy a best-in-class experience when engaging with the crypto ecosystem.  It’s amazing to think about the journey this industry has been through since Kraken’s founding…

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Bifrost Wins The Fifth Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

July 20, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Bifrost secured the fifth parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 5 Winner Bifrost (BNC) – Bifrost provides staking liquidity to anyone accessing its network. This means token holders can stake any cryptocurrency, such as DOT or ETH, on the Bifrost platform and receive…

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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…