Tagged: kraken

April 7, 2020 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Kraken has appointed industry lawyer Marco Santori as the company’s chief legal officer. Kraken’s management noted on April 6, 2020, that Santori would be using his experience working with regulatory authorities, financial institutions, payment service providers, broker-dealers, and several other industry… Read More

April 4, 2020 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The questions surrounding whether certain crypto assets qualify as financial securities is becoming increasingly important within the blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) sector. There are now several entities within the digital asset sector that are focusing on bringing greater understanding to this pressing issue…. Read More

March 29, 2020 @ 2:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trillions of dollars have been injected into the world’s financial markets in order to stabilize the global economy, following the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The United States recently reached the highest unemployment rate in its entire history. Even during these times of uncertainty, US crypto… Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 11:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken has acquired Bit Trade, a cryptocurrency trading platform billed as, “Australia’s longest running digital currency exchange.” Kraken was founded in 2011 and Bit Trade in 2013. “With this acquisition, Kraken will focus on being the premier crypto service in… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 11:44 am By Cali Haan  |  

American cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken says the global law enforcement requests for information went up 49% in 2019, with associated costs, “increasing, even in a relatively flat market.” The company tweeted an infographic of showing total requests in 2019, countries of requesting agencies, countries of… Read More

January 7, 2020 @ 8:06 pm By Cali Haan  |  

US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will enable trading of Circle’s USD-proxy cryptographic stablecoin, USDC, starting January 8th. Kraken says it will enable deposits and withdrawals of USDC at 14:30 UTC on January 8. “The first trades will start shortly after funding is enabled as sell orders… Read More

December 20, 2019 @ 10:29 am By Cali Haan  |  

A former employee for the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange (Payward Inc.) is suing the company in California for discrimination, harassment, wrongful dismissal and retaliation for whistleblowing. The story was broken by Attack of the 50-Foot Blockchain author, David Gerard. Plaintiff Nathan Peter Runyon, “a decorated Marine… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 10:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The OTC division of San Francisco’s Kraken cryptocurrency exchange has announced it is acquiring prominent crypto start up Circle’s “Circle Trade” OTC division. “Today, we’re excited to announce that Kraken is acquiring one of the most recognized OTC desks in crypto, Circle Trade,” Kraken states… Read More

November 29, 2019 @ 4:03 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Kraken’s highest-tiered and verified ‘pro’ customers will now be able to use Silvergate Bank’s Exchange Network (SEN) to fund their cryptocurrency trading accounts. An announcement on the Kraken blog states: “We are pleased to announce that Kraken has joined the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN)…a proprietary internal… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 10:19 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is partnering with “crypto trading terminal” providers Cryptowatch and “decentralized crypto trading platform agglomerator Totle, “to allow users to execute cryptocurrency trading strategies on both centralized exchanges and decentralized financial applications from a single platform.” The companies say the venture,… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) has published its updated market surveillance report which revealed that US-based digital asset exchange Kraken and Coinbase are among the cleanest trading platforms in the crypto industry. On September 19, the BTI released its 5th market report that examines and… Read More

July 5, 2019 @ 10:02 am By Cali Haan  |  

Jessie Powell, the CEO of the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken told TD Ameritraid Monday that real money pouring onto crypto exchanges fuelled Bitcoin’s recent price rise, not controversial synthetic USDs called tethers. Tether printing comes after fiat and not before, said Powell: “Recently,… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Popular crypto exchange Kraken is crowdfunding. Kraken has partnered with Bnk to the Future to “create a rare, but limited opportunity for both large and small investors to own shares of Kraken stock.” Kraken claimed over $85 billion in crypto trading during 2018. Beginning yesterday… Read More

April 26, 2019 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced earlier this week it was listing Cosmo (ATOM) on its platform. Kraken reported it has enabled funding and trading. Clients are now able to place buy orders as soon as trading is enabled, but sell orders will not start appearing until… Read More

April 11, 2019 @ 11:26 am By Cali Haan  |  

A man who formerly managed institutional sales and trading for the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange is suing the firm for more than $900 000 USD in commissions he claims are outstanding, Bloomberg reports. The suit filed in New York on April 4th by the Silver-Miller Law… Read More

March 28, 2019 @ 2:06 am By Cali Haan  |  

The disastrous demise of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has been well covered to date, including: the mysterious, sudden death of founder Gerald Cotten in India in early December 2018. the criminal past of Quadriga co-founder Michael Patryn. the alleged $190 million USD “loss” of client funds… Read More

March 5, 2019 @ 11:59 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bloomberg has reported that banking for cryptocurrency investment firms and trading platforms continues to be challenging, but absent from the article is a clear articulation of what innovation and value crypto really brings. The article also does little to interrogate the notion of “crypto assets.”… Read More

March 2, 2019 @ 7:42 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Owners of the Kraken cryptocurrency trading platform are offering a $100 ooo USD reward for information that may help recover $190 million USD in funds lost by the Canadian crypto platform QuadrigaCX. Quadriga CX fell apart in January following the untimely death of CEO Gerald… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 11:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in operation, has acquired UK based Crypto Facilities, according to a release by Crypto Derivatives. The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed but the two companies said it was a “nine-figure deal” and Kraken’s largest acquisition… Read More

January 18, 2019 @ 12:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Crypto wallet and trading app provider Shapeshift has disclosed that it received 60 requests for information from law enforcement agencies across the globe last year. The company says it is providing the data on law enforcement inquiries in the interest of transparency and to distinguish… Read More