NFTs: How Licensing Technology Furthers Art’s Revolution

Humans have always loved making and displaying art. Deep within a cave in modern-day Spain lies a Neanderthal hand stencil that scientists have radiocarbon dated to 64,000 years – it’s the oldest known example of art anywhere in the world.  Over the past 60,000 years,...

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Meet The Kraken Bank Executive Team: COO Michael Giorgio

When is the last time a bank put customer needs, security and open access to all first? David Kinitsky, Kraken Bank CEO, outlined eight reasons why consumers need a customized banking structure that modernizes the products and services we all utilize on a daily basis. To...

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Kraken Commits Funding to Ethereum 2.0 Transition with New Gitcoin Giving

Kraken is excited to announce it will match up to $50,000 in donations to open-source Ethereum infrastructure projects as part of Gitcoin’s latest donation drive starting March 10. Over two weeks, Gitcoin, a platform for fundraising built on the Ethereum blockchain, will match user grants...

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OCEAN and EWT trading starts March 3 – Deposit Now

  Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) and Energy Web Token (EWT) trading starts on March 3 at approximately 15:30 UTC.  Deposits for both assets are currently open so you can deposit now and get ready for the launch of trading tomorrow! Note: EWT trading is not available...

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Meet The Kraken Bank Executive Team: CEO David Kinitsky

First revealed last September, Kraken is quietly hard at work gearing up to launch Kraken Bank. This exciting new venture is helping to shape the landscape for both Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency services – and the banking industry – well into the future.  While we...

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Institutional Clients: Get Free Real-Time USD Transfers Through Signature Bank

  Institutional clients at Kraken now have a new way to transfer USD that is free, near-instant and available 24/7. The new funding option is available through our integration with the Signet™ payment platform offered by Signature Bank.  Fees Deposits: $0 Withdrawals: $0 Available currencies...

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Industry News

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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