April 19, 2018 @ 9:07 am By Cali Haan  |  

The CEO of San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, Jesse Powell, has fired back at a letter from the New York Attorney General’s office asking cryptocurrency exchanges to provide detailed information on their business practices within two weeks. The 34-point request for info was sent to… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has sent a letter to 13 different cryptocurrency exchanges. Described as a fact-finding inquiry into the policies and practices of platforms used by consumers to trade cryptocurrencies, the AG labeled the move the Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative. The… Read More

January 15, 2018 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in operation, scheduled a system upgrade last week for December 11th. The upgrade was to replace its trading engine with a new and improved version. Originally expected to take just 2 hours, Kraken remained down for several days… Read More