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Kraken works hard to maintain a secure and fair exchange for all clients and to ensure traders are always freely able to execute orders – even amid the more volatile moments common to the growing digital asset market. The digital asset market remains unique among financial markets because of its decentralized structure, which offers clients the…
February 8, 2021 | Kraken Intelligence VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like early access to our latest research, sign up to trade with us today or ask your account manager for more details. 2021 kicked off with a 46% surge in the bitcoin price and a return to…
The rise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has not only brought a newfound wave of innovation to the broader crypto ecosystem, but also the opportunity for savvy investors to generate staggering returns. Like all markets, especially those in a state of adolescence, DeFi’s reward isn’t without its risks. After all, depositing assets in internet protocols is…
Prices are soaring, innovation is breaking ground, opportunities are flourishing and cryptocurrency adoption is relentless. As we begin a new year with unbridled enthusiasm, Kraken examines the past year — one that won’t be soon forgotten. The year 2020 will be remembered for economic and humanitarian catastrophe. It will also be recognized by the crypto…
Kraken is pleased to announce our support of the Flare network and Spark (FLR) token airdrop for XRP holders. The first thing to understand about this airdrop is that it is unusual because there is a very large gap of time between the snapshot of XRP balances and the launch of the Flare network and…
November 9, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like early access to our latest research, sign up for the latest research or ask your account manager for more details. Kraken Intelligence, our team of in-house research experts, has released its Bitcoin Volatility Report for October…
Bitcoin Cash will hard fork on November 15 2020 around 12:00 pm UTC as part of a scheduled protocol upgrade. This upgrade is controversial and will likely result in two chains after the fork. The likely split is between two protocols known as “Bitcoin Cash Node” and “Bitcoin Cash ABC.” At the present time, over…
November 2, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence $6 billion in 2017. $1.7 trillion today. Volume has exploded in the cryptocurrency futures market since the launch of leveraged trading contracts on major venues just three years ago. In fact, derivatives volumes are now commonly 4.6x the size of spot volumes. The reason for this explosive growth? One…
October 12, 2020 | News VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like early access to our latest research, sign up for the latest research or ask your account manager for more details. Kraken Intelligence, our team of in-house research experts, has released its Bitcoin Volatility Report for September 2020.…
August 10, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like early access to our latest research, sign up for the latest research or ask your account manager for more details. Kraken Intelligence, our team of in-house research experts, has released its Bitcoin Volatility Report for July…
