Earn Up to 12% Returns Staking Polkadot and Cosmos Starting August 18

Kraken is expanding its on-chain staking services to include support for Polkadot (DOT) and Cosmos (ATOM).  Starting August 18, this means clients can earn an annual return of 12% staking Polkadot and 7% staking Cosmos directly through their Kraken accounts.  Kraken launched its best-in-class staking...

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Kraken Adds 5 New Global Funding Options With Bank Frick

We are pleased to announce we have added five new funding options through an enhanced integration with Bank Frick, a trusted, family-owned financial institution. Available to our clients worldwide, the new funding options include international SWIFT deposits and withdrawals for USD, EUR, CAD, GBP and...

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Make Smaller Bitcoin Buys with Kraken’s New Updated Order Minimums

As part of our continued effort to make Kraken the world’s best place to trade crypto, we have adjusted minimum order sizes to better reflect asset prices. We believe these new minimum order sizes will accommodate investors and active traders who trade in small amounts,...

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Kraken Introduces No-Fee USD Deposits with Signature and MVB Bank

Funding your Kraken account is now easier, faster and more cost-effective with our newest integration with Signature Bank. Announced today, clients who take advantage of this integration will receive free deposits on domestic and international USD wire transfers and pay only a low $4 fee...

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Kraken Is Now on Instagram

Need a place to direct friends and family just discovering crypto?  Good news! Kraken is now live on Instagram. There, our expert team is making full use of the medium to dispense words of wisdom, product updates, educational resources and more. In other words, we’re...

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Digital Wallet Leader Paysafe Chooses Kraken as a Crypto Liquidity Provider

  We are excited to announce leading specialized payments platform Paysafe has become the latest enterprise to choose Kraken as a crypto asset liquidity provider.  The move further strengthens Paysafe’s own crypto buy and sell services through its digital wallets Skrill and Neteller, which provide...

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REPv2 Goes Live August 4 as Augur Prediction Market Upgrades

Augur, the platform powered by the popular crypto asset REP, is soon to update its software. This Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Augur will be releasing the second version of its prediction market platform. First announced last April, Augur v2 will allow users to buy and...

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Watch: Kraken’s Video Guide to Encrypted Communication

The Crypto Security Guide is a new video series designed to teach you security best practices, hosted by our top internal expert Nick Percoco.   Sure, you may know privacy is essential for online communication. Even so, changing your habits isn’t always easy or top of...

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COMP, KAVA, KNC and STORJ – 4 New Crypto Assets Start Trading July 15

At Kraken, we’re always striving to keep clients on top of what’s happening in the fast-moving cryptocurrency sector. One of the biggest trends this year is the growth of the decentralized finance (DeFi) movement, an emerging class of cryptocurrency projects that use blockchains to offer...

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