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Polkadot Parachain Auctions Are Now Live On Kraken

We are excited to announce that Polkadot Parachain Auctions are now live. Earn rewards while supporting your favorite Polkadot projects on Kraken! With as little as 0.1 DOT, you can cast your vote in an auction for the next parachain to be added to the Polkadot network. Purchase DOT here or deposit it by navigating…

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Kraken To Support Polkadot Parachain Auctions

Kraken is thrilled to announce support for upcoming parachain slot auctions on the Polkadot network. We’ve already empowered clients to participate in Kusama’s growing ecosystem via parachain auctions — so far resulting in over $35 million contributed in 2021. Clients looking to support the bids of their favorite Polkadot projects will be able to do…

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Polkadot and Kusama Parachains Primer

September 3, 2021 | Kraken Intelligence Polkadot and Kusama are two emerging blockchains with an exciting feature known as parachains, which are custom blockchains selected by public auction to join these exclusive networks. While this novel selection process has garnered a lot of excitement, there is still confusion as to how it works. In Kraken…

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BAND, INJ, MIR and 1INCH trading starts August 10 – Deposit Now

Kraken is supporting four new assets: Band Protocol (BAND), Injective Protocol (INJ), Mirror Protocol (MIR) and 1inch Network (1INCH) Deposits for all four assets are available starting now  Trading will begin on August 10 at approximately 15:30 UTC for all assets  Note: Trading is not available to residents of the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan.…

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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 Staking Rewards Top $100 Million

July 27, 2021 | Uncategorized We are thrilled to announce that, year-to-date, Kraken has paid out more than $100 million in rewards to our clients via our first-in-class staking service.  Recognized as the global leader in secure, on-chain staking, Kraken has seen the total number of assets staked on our platform rise from $1 billion…

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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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Prepare for Lift Off: April 2021 Market & 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 Kraken clients worldwide trust. Check out Kraken’s video breakdown of the April Report. This bitcoin rally couldn’t go straight up forever, could it? Well, no. In fact, for the first…