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Trading for Aptos (APT) starts now!

October 19, 2022 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Aptos (APT)! Funding and Trading Funding and trading are now live. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Ticker APT Tradable against EUR, USD Price precision 4 decimal places…

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Honeymoon Phase Is Over

Following several months of headwinds for the crypto space, the crypto market trended lower in September. ETH fell significantly more than BTC as Ethereum transitioned from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) via The Merge. ETH sold off sharply post-Merge in classic “buy the rumor, sell the news” price action. The downtrending crypto market and bleak…

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Silver Lining

Hot on the heels of August, September 2022 also trended negatively for cryptoassets overall. Based on market capitalization, all sectors saw negative returns for the month, ranging from -14% to -1%. Following the overall crypto market trend, NFT market activity also slowed in August. Average daily users and average daily transactions fell -5.7% and -3.1%…

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Crypto for All: Empowering our Ukrainian clients with Bitcoin

“Cryptocurrency remains an important humanitarian tool, especially at a time when many around the world can no longer rely on traditional banks and custodians.” – Jesse Powell, Kraken Co-founder and CEO On March 9, 2022, we announced an ambitious aid package as Kraken distributed $1,000 in BTC to all Ukrainian accounts. This came two weeks…