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After several months of headwinds for the crypto space, the historical collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto exchange in early November added fuel to the bear market’s fire. While FTX’s collapse has negatively impacted many actors in the industry, the true extent of the collateral damage from this debacle is only beginning to surface. The…
After the enormous damage served to the crypto ecosystem this past week, we feel a responsibility to detail the standards, operating principles, and values surrounding trust and transparency at Kraken. As a company deeply rooted in crypto values, we have always encouraged our clients to self-custody their crypto and take back their financial freedom. Every…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports deposits and withdrawals of Polygon (MATIC) on the Polygon Network! In addition to supporting MATIC natively on Polygon, we will continue to support deposits and withdrawals of MATIC on the Ethereum network (ERC-20). Funding, trading and staking Funding and trading are already live. You can transfer MATIC…
Given the current discussion regarding solvency, we wanted to explain the systems we have in place to ensure that assets on our exchange are readily available to you at any time and especially during times of uncertainty. First, it is important to note that Kraken has no exposure to Alameda Research and we hold about…
World-class security and protection for our clients have been at the heart of Kraken’s mission since our inception 11 years ago. With the motto security above everything, Kraken has earned trust among crypto investors with one uncompromising priority: the safeguarding of client funds. Eleven years on, we’re proud to announce that our over-the-counter (OTC) and…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Hashflow (HFT)! Funding and Trading Funding and trading are live. You will be able to add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Ticker HFT Tradable against EUR, USD Price precision 4 decimal places Minimum Order Size 5…
Bouncing back from September’s performance, October 2022 trended positively for cryptoassets overall. All sectors saw positive returns ranging between +1% to +69% as BTC and ETH gained +6% and +20% respectively over the course of the month. While the green candles piled up across all sectors, DeFi assets saw mixed returns, ranging from -17% to…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken NFT is now live for a select group of beta testers. After waiting patiently for the chance to experience the marketplace, Kraken NFT Beta testers will have exclusive access to explore, trade and secure NFTs from the most popular artists and projects — all while paying zero gas fees.*…
November 2, 2022 | News Ever wondered what goes behind throwing one of the largest virtual festivals with some of the biggest names in music? Here’s your chance to find out! Join Kraken’s CMO, Mayur Gupta in Decentraland’s “Behind the Scenes” Twitter Space on Nov. 3rd at 12pm ET to chat about this year’s Metaverse…
When Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin white paper on this day in 2008, they proposed a novel system for a global digital form of money. The leaderless, nonpartisan network of Bitcoin nodes now maintains a truly borderless and permissionless monetary system. Since the very first Bitcoin block was created in the wake of the 2008…
