Bifrost Wins The Fifth Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

We are excited to announce that Bifrost secured the fifth parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 5 Winner Bifrost (BNC) – Bifrost provides staking liquidity to anyone accessing its network. This means token holders can stake any cryptocurrency, such as DOT or ETH, on...

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Karura (KAR) Trading Starts July 20 – Deposit Now

We are excited to announce that Kraken is now supporting Karura (KAR).  Deposits and withdrawals are now open.  Trading will begin Tuesday, July 20, at approximately 15:30 UTC. Note: Trading is not available to residents of the USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. What is Karura?...

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MATIC & ENJ deposits and trading starts now for USA, CA and AUS!

Following Kraken’s listings of Enjin (ENJ) on May 14 and Polygon (MATIC) on May 17 for most countries, Kraken is excited to announce the availability of Polygon and Enjin trading for residents of the USA, Canada and Australia.  Trading for both assets are open so...

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Khala Wins The Fourth Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

We are excited to announce that Khala secured the fourth parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 4 Winner Khala (K-PHA) – Phala Network is a Kusama parachain that tackles the issue of trust in the computation cloud. This blockchain is a trustless computation platform...

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AXS, CHZ, OGN and PERP trading starts July 13 & CQT Trading Live!

Kraken is supporting four new assets: Axie Infinity (AXS), Chiliz (CHZ), Origin Protocol (OGN) and Perpetual Protocol (PERP) Deposits for all four assets are available starting now  Trading will begin on July 13 at approximately 15:30 UTC for all assets  Deposits for all assets are...

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Shiden Wins The Third Kusama Parachain Slot Auction

We are excited to announce that Shiden secured the third parachain slot on Kusama – Congratulations! Slot 3 Winner Shiden (SDN) – A smart contract platform for decentralized applications (dapps) on the Kusama network. Shiden is built to support “layer 2” solutions, which refers to...

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Setting the record straight

It is hard to put a price on vindication. An arbitrator did. But if this were only about a lawsuit, I would not be writing this letter.

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