Kraken Brings Bitcoin to Canada

Hey Canada! Great news – you can now buy and sell bitcoins with Kraken! Just create an account from anywhere in Canada, fund it in Canadian dollars, and trade for bitcoin with our new XBT/CAD trading pair. The native CAD funding and trading gives you...

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Introducing the Kraken Dark Pool

We are pleased to announce the Kraken dark pool, a new feature that allows clients to discreetly place large bitcoin orders and execute against similar sized orders at potentially better prices.   Kraken is now one of the few exchanges offering a dark pool for...

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Kraken Launches Margin Trading

Kraken is pleased to announce the launch of margin trading. Margin is an exciting instrument that allows clients to amplify their trading profits and gain in both up and down markets. Kraken is now one of the few exchanges allowing clients to trade bitcoins on...

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New Kraken Site Design

Kraken will be launching a brand-new site design within the next few days, so we want to give you a brief preview of some important changes. First, you will notice that the new site mentions margin trading. This doesn’t mean that margin trading will be...

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Kraken Launches Bitcoin-Yen Trading in Japan

Kraken today announced the launch of trading between bitcoin and Japanese yen (XBT/JPY). The new trading option coincides with the launch of domestic JPY funding that will allow clients in Japan to quickly fund their accounts. Bitcoin-euro trading (XBT/EUR) has been available in Japan since Kraken...

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Kraken Adds USD and GBP

Today Kraken launched a partnership with PayCash, a Luxembourg-based leader in innovative EU focused payment solutions, to provide both US dollar (USD) and British pound (GBP) funding to its clients. These new funding options coincide with the launch of bitcoin-pound (XBT/GBP) trading. The PayCash partnership...

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