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On the Ethereum hard fork

The Ethereum community has elected to do a hard fork in order to resolve the DAO exploit. The MainNet block on which the hard fork will occur is set at 1920000, which should be reached on July 20 or 21 depending on your time zone. In an email statement to clients last week about the hard…

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Phishing attempt on BitcoinTalk

We have been alerted to multiple phishing attempts in the past 24 hours which appear to have been targeted at BitcoinTalk users. Anyone who received an email with the subject Mtgox.Claim assessment process should delete it and not click on the link it contains! This email did not come from Kraken, but was spoofed to…

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Reviewing the Past Year

Here’s a look back at major Kraken milestones from the past year (since our launch in September 2013).* It’s been a very busy year and we are pleased to see that our achievements reflect our commitment to providing  clients with the best possible exchange experience. January 14, 2015  – Volume Reaches New All-Time Daily High…

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The Importance of Two-Factor Authentication

The first thing to understand about two-factor authentication is that you need it. For email or financial accounts, where security is of the utmost importance, two-factor authentication is essential because it greatly reduces the chance that the account will be compromised. The second thing to understand about two-factor authentication, however, is that it is a…