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After a rigorous internal and external search over the past year, Kraken is thrilled to announce that our COO Dave Ripley will succeed Kraken’s Co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell, who will become chairman of the board of directors. Dave has been building the future of financial freedom and inclusion alongside Jesse for six years and…
September 7, 2022 | Asset Listings, Product We’re thrilled to announce that Parallel Finance (PARA) starts trading on Kraken today! Funding and trading Add PARA to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting Parallel Finance, and then Deposit. Trading begins September 7. Here’s what you need to know: Ticker PARA Tradable against EUR, USD…
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…
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…
June 30, 2022 | Asset Listings, Product We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Interlay (INTR)! Funding and Trading You can add INTR to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Trading will begin June 30th. Here’s what you need to know: Ticker INTR Tradeable against EUR, USD…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Bittorent (BTT), Dent (DENT), SelfKey (KEY) and Unifi Protocol DAO (UNFI)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on July 1 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page for updates. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by…
June 29, 2022 | Product We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports staking for Polygon (MATIC) holders! From the Earn section of your Kraken account or from your Pro mobile app, you’ll be able to stake your MATIC holdings and earn up to 14% in yearly rewards.* MATIC staking on Kraken is gasless, meaning…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Elrond (EGLD), Harvest Finance (FARM), Stafi Protocol (FIS), Ampleforth Governance Token (FORTH), Gitcoin (GTC), Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange (LCX), MXC (MXC) and NEAR Protocol (NEAR)! Important update: Swipe (SXP) did not meet our initial liquidity conditions and therefore we have decided to postpone its listing. Deposits and withdrawals…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Ambire AdEx (ADX), BitDAO (BIT), Chromia (CHR), COTI (COTI), GensoKishi Metaverse (MV), Alien Worlds (TLM) and Terra Virtual Kolect (TVK)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on June 9 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page for updates. You…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports new margin pairs for ApeCoin (APE) and Waves (WAVES)! Trading Margin trading for these assets is available now. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding. Pair base Pair name Available leverage Long Position Limit Short Position Limit APE APEUSD 3X 10,000…
