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Covalent (CQT) trading starts July 6 – Deposit Now

July 1, 2021 | News We are excited to announce that Kraken is now supporting Covalent Query Token (CQT).  Deposits and withdrawals are available starting now  Trading will begin on July 6 at approximately 15:30 UTC Note: Trading is not available to residents of the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. What is Covalent Query Token?…

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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…

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MINA Trading Starts June 1 – Deposit Now

We are thrilled to announce that deposits and withdrawals for Mina (MINA) are now open. Trading will launch June 1 at approximately 00:00 UTC. Deposit MINA now Please note that if you participated in the Coinlist sale, you will be able to deposit MINA to Kraken once they enable withdrawals which should be sometime after…

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CBDCs – Preparing for Central Bank Digital Currencies

Sovereign governments may soon become the next group to adopt digital assets. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) could become the latest, and perhaps most substantial tool, used to expand their monetary policies.  Dozens of governments have signaled their intent to explore and use CBDCs. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, has stated that…

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Meet The Kraken Bank Executive Team: CEO David Kinitsky

First revealed last September, Kraken is quietly hard at work gearing up to launch Kraken Bank. This exciting new venture is helping to shape the landscape for both Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency services – and the banking industry – well into the future.  While we can’t reveal all the details yet, we sat down with…

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Kraken Brings Spot Prices to DeFi with New Chainlink Node

We are excited to announce that we will be making Kraken’s spot prices available to Decentralized Finance applications and developers on Ethereum and other leading blockchains by running our own Chainlink node. As one of the world’s largest and most liquid cryptocurrency exchanges, we feel it is critical to make our cryptocurrency data accessible directly…