Tagged: kraken

April 8, 2022 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, and CF Benchmarks, the provider of cryptocurrency benchmark indices, announced plans to introduce 11 new virtual currency reference rates and real-time indices, which will be “calculated and published daily by CF Benchmarks, beginning April 25.” These reference rates and indices… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 9:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to confirm its support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, which is “now live for all clients.” Traders now have “an instant and inexpensive way to move Bitcoin on and off the platform.” Going on to explain why you may use… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to confirm that their crypto trading platform now supports Robonomics (XRT). As noted in a blog post by Kraken, funding “is live, and trading will begin on March 24 at approximately 19:30 UTC.” You may “keep… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken is pleased to welcome Carrie Dolan, who is a recognized financial services veteran ‘in high-growth consumer Fintechs and Fortune 500 companies, as Kraken’s newly appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO).” Carrie will be expected to serve a key role… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following digital asset firm Kraken’s listing and staking of MINA tokens for most nations, the firm is pleased to confirm the availability of Mina trading and staking “with up to 20% in yearly rewards for residents of the USA, Canada and Australia.” Funding and Trading… Read More

March 13, 2022 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes that following its listings of Bancor (BNT), The Graph (GRT), Livepeer (LPT), Loopring (LRC), Mirror Protocol (MIR), Sushi (SUSHI) and 1inch (1INCH) in most countries, the platform’s management is pleased to confirm that residents of the United States, Canada and… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 7:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

There has been a fair amount of discussion regarding Russia using crypto to evade sanctions. First, crypto as a market is simply too small to be an effective tool for the Russian government to utilize it to mitigate the full impact of the economic blockade…. Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

January 2022 was a “turbulent” month for the cryptocurrency sector as market participants saw “a broad sell-off,” the team at Kraken noted in an update. Kraken wrote in a blog post that the “continued uncertainty about the proposed U.S. Fed rate hikes in March and… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes that generating passive rewards on your money in traditional finance is not so rewarding these days. However, crypto provides participants “a novel opportunity to receive rewards through a process known as staking.” As participation in Proof-of-Stake networks increases and users… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to confirm that they will be supporting the Songbird (SGB) token airdrop for XRP holders. The airdrop’s snapshot of XRP balances was reportedly “taken on December 12, 2020, at ~00:00 (UTC).” Customer accounts  (spot and margin) that held XRP… Read More

February 13, 2022 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The past few years have seen the crypto and blockchain space impact just about every industry in one way or another. However, one innovation in particular is leveraging blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) in order to “fundamentally disrupt how organizations are structured, codified and… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano (ADA) initially gained attention back in 2017 as one of the more anticipated Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) of that year. Over the years, the initiative persisted through an extended crypto bear market to earn its place among the top crypto-assets by market cap. In… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to confirm that their platform now supports staking for TRON (TRX) holders. You may head into the Earn section of your Kraken account to begin earning rewards on your TRX (as of January 28, 2022). Please… Read More

January 14, 2022 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken notes that if 2020 was the year of the bull, 2021 was the year that “crypto went mainstream.” During the past year, they claim to have “witnessed leaps in adoption, infrastructure, regulation, and policy — not to mention… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset platform Kraken notes that they’re pleased to announce that Kraken now supports Kintsugi (KINT). Funding and trading for the Kintsugi (KINT) token is live (as of January 6, 2022), and trading will “begin shortly.” You may keep an eye on… Read More

January 1, 2022 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Kraken notes that last year, they remained focused on their mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency “so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.” In 2021, Kraken celebrated its 10-year anniversary,… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, which claims to be one of the largest digital asset platforms, announced it has acquired Staked for “an undisclosed sum.” Staked is described as a non-custodial staking platform that “enables investors in Proof-of-Stake networks to easily and securely compound their holdings.” According to an… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken notes that they’re pleased to confirm that their cryptocurrency trading platform now supports the Avalanche (AVAX) C-Chain. Funding and Trading Funding is currently live, and trading is scheduled to start on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 — at which point Kraken will… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld multiple bans on crypto-asset promotions today. The impacted firms include Coinbase Europe, CoinBurp, Lumo Money, Exmo Exchange, Papa John’s, Payward/Kraken, and eToro. In regards to Coinbase, four issues were investigated with each being upheld by the regulator…. Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken notes that the beauty of the Bitcoin (BTC) network is that “anyone can participate in it without permission.” However, primarily out of convenience, most Bitcoin users “don’t run nodes and instead trust third parties such as centralized exchanges and wallet providers… Read More