We’re pleased to announce the founding of the Blockchain Security Standards Council (BSSC). This nonprofit organization will seek to establish uniform security standards in the crypto industry. The BSSC’s participants will address emerging security threats by working toward a consensus of agreed upon standards. Such...
We are delighted to announce that Kraken has been recognized across multiple categories in two recent Australian crypto industry award ceremonies: Finder’s Crypto Trading Platform Awards 2024 and WeMoney’s 2024 Crypto Awards. Finder, an award-winning financial comparison site, named Kraken Best Overall Crypto Trading Platform...
Today, we release our new 1-Click Trading widget: Streamline your trading process with this new way to execute orders from the Kraken Pro trade page.
As part of our ongoing commitment to enhance the overall security of the crypto ecosystem, we’re informing the crypto community that we have patched an isolated bug in our deposit and funding systems. No client assets were impacted or vulnerable leading up to this disclosure....
We’re pleased to be a founding member of the industry’s first-ever Crypto Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC). This not-for-profit organization will foster a collaborative approach to information sharing across the ecosystem to reduce cybersecurity exploits and improve trust in blockchain and cryptoasset technology. “While...
Kraken is the only crypto company to have made the list two years in a row.
Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! Today, we celebrate Laszlo Hanyecz’ historic bitcoin-for-pizza transaction – the first time bitcoins were used as currency in exchange for real-world goods. You can read Laszlo’s original bitcoin-for-pizza bitcointalk.org forum post here. This year, instead of focusing on Laszlo’s mindboggling opportunity...
We are proud to announce that, for the second year running, Kraken has been recognized at the annual European Customer Centricity Awards (ECCAs). We won the Customer Insight & Feedback category and were shortlisted for Customer Centric Culture and Customer Centricity in B2B. Overcoming strong...
Seamlessly earn returns on all eligible cryptoassets! Rewards is our new feature that allows users to make their cryptoassets work harder while also helping support the crypto ecosystem by helping to validate transactions. Earn rewards on assets held in your spot balance without locking them...
DLT Finance to provide innovative and tailored crypto products to German clients.
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports new margin pairs for Internet Computer (ICP), Pepe (PEPE), Shiba Inu (SHIB) and DogWifHat (WIF)! Margin trading is now available for the below pairs for ICP, PEPE, SHIB and WIF: Pair base Pair name Available leverage Long...
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum (ETH) on Linea! What is Linea? Linea is a Layer 2 (L2) solution tailored for Ethereum, aiming to enhance scalability and flexibility for decentralized applications (dApps). It leverages zero-knowledge proofs alongside complete...
Some exchange measures – like liquidity – have a direct impact on the client experience and enhance marketplace resilience
On October 31, 2008, an unknown coder named Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper that laid the foundation for an entirely new monetary system – 15 years later, the world is only just catching on to its true value and potential.
Bitcoin is about to experience its fourth halving, when the block reward for miners is cut in half. This time, it’s going from 6.25 bitcoins to 3.125 bitcoins. That means that every day, all of the Bitcoin miners in the world will be competing for...
We take a big step forward in our mission to accelerate crypto adoption with the release of Kraken Wallet, a self-custodial wallet that anyone can use to go onchain. Simple, secure and powerful, Kraken Wallet empowers you to discover the decentralized world and manage your...
We're thrilled to give you an inside look at the robust security architecture of mobile, open-source Kraken Wallet as we aim to foster transparency, support our security team in ongoing research and aid in threat prevention.
We’re thrilled to announce the support for bonded on-chain staking strategies for TIA starts now in most regions! Start staking on Kraken Pro How can I start staking? Add crypto assets to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit....