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The Crypto Security Guide is a new video series designed to teach you security best practices, hosted by our top internal expert Nick Percoco. The newest videos in our Crypto Security Guide series focus on mobile phone security and staying safe with public WiFi networks while on-the-go.To be clear, mobile phones aren’t the best way…
June 1, 2020 | Product Kraken clients will soon be able to tap into the largest market for Tether (USDT). Starting June 2 at approximately 13:30 UTC, Kraken will launch support for deposits and withdrawals of USDT on the Ethereum blockchain (USDT-ERC20). Since traders typically deposit USDT for the purpose of trading other assets, we…
June 1, 2020 | Product We are pleased to announce that Orchid (OXT) will be listed on Kraken starting June 2. What is Orchid (OXT)? Orchid aims to incentivize a distributed network of computers to provide an alternative to traditional virtual private network (VPN) services. To accomplish this, Orchid uses a new cryptocurrency called OXT.…
May 29, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence While there remains a misconception cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin are anonymous, the truth is transactions on these networks can be – and often are – linked to real identities. Understandably, some cryptocurrency users have come to desire stronger privacy guarantees, and this demand has led to the development…
May 20, 2020 | Security We’re excited to announce Kraken’s Crypto Security Guide, a new video series you can watch to learn security best practices from our top internal expert Nick Percoco. As our Chief Security Officer, Nick has over 20 years of information security experience spanning multiple industries. In short, his team takes the…
Kraken’s ‘Crypto Asset Spotlight’ takes a closer look at crypto assets trading on our exchange when they display notable trends. Figure 1: Gnosis (GNO) vs Bitcoin (XBT) and USD After the brutal coronavirus-related selloff in March, crypto markets rebounded strongly in April, though some assets performed better than others. One asset that showed notable relative…
VIP clients are the first to receive our insights. 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. Thursday, April 29, was a big day in the crypto markets, with Bitcoin (XBT) surging over 14% to lead a recovery that…
Update: This webinar has since aired. You can find the full video recording here. In just a few short weeks, Bitcoin will complete its third halving, a scheduled change to its monetary policy that’s central to its value proposition as a scarce digital asset. At that time, the amount of newly minted Bitcoin, introduced in…
April 15, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence By now, even beginner crypto traders know about Bitcoin’s halving and how it has proved to be a boon for smart investors in the past. However, they may not realize other protocols utilize deflationary monetary mechanisms similar to Bitcoin’s. In fact, Zcash, which evolved from Bitcoin’s code and retained…
April 6, 2020 | Kraken Intelligence Kraken Intelligence, our in-house research team, has released a new note entitled “VIRES IN NUMERIS,” a brief yet comprehensive overview of Bitcoin. The second in a planned series of asset reviews designed to help beginner traders master the basics of major cryptocurrencies, it follows our January note on Ethereum.…
