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If 2017 was the year to HODL, then 2018 was the year to BUIDL™; and in many respects, 2018 was a momentous year for the crypto industry. In this year’s Crypto-in-Review, we discuss the four must-follow trends for traders, which we believe will drive meaningful...
Update: The WebSockets Public API launched on schedule January 30! Kraken is excited to announce the upcoming launch of the WebSockets Public API for market data! This is a service that many of our clients have requested since it enables faster and easier access to Kraken’s...
We are pleased to announce the launch of margin trading for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Ripple (XRP). The addition expands our margin offering to 8 assets, including Bitcoin (XBT), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Augur (REP), Monero (XMR), and Tether (USDT). Which currency pairs and...
NOTE: BSV was delisted from Kraken on April 22, 2019 and trading on all BSV pairs ceased on April 29, 2019. The recent Bitcoin Cash hard fork resulted in two (for now) viable chains: Bitcoin Cash (following the Bitcoin Cash ABC protocol and roadmap published...
Bitcoin Cash will hard fork on November 15 2018 around 4:40 pm UTC as part of a scheduled protocol upgrade. This upgrade is more controversial than previous ones and may result in multiple viable chains after the fork. Initially Kraken will only support Bitcoin ABC,...
We are pleased to announce that Kraken will list Tezos (XTZ). XTZ trading starts Tuesday October 16! Trading and funding start time The approximate launch time globally is: PT: Tuesday October 16 at 8:00 am ET: Tuesday October 16 at 11:00 am UTC: Tuesday October...
We are pleased to announce that Kraken will list two new digital assets – Cardano (ADA) and Quantum (QTUM). Trading and funding start time Trading and funding in the two assets will launch simultaneously. The approximate launch time globally is: PST: Friday September 28 at...
Kraken is excited to announce a major expansion to our OTC crypto trading platform which will enhance the execution of large block trades for clients worldwide. We offer deeper liquidity and private, personalized service to institutions and high net-worth individuals needing to fill large orders....
Customer service is deeply important to Kraken. It is core to our brand and company culture. Security first and customer service second. We must set a positive example for this industry, and do things better than the services we seek to replace. If we take...
The title is a nod to a recent article in which a reporter covering market structure for Bloomberg News inexplicably fails to comprehend basic market concepts such as arbitrage, order books and currency pegs. More troubling, however, was the applause from other “journalist” lemmings as...
On June 2 2018, EOS will go from Ethereum to the EOS MainNet chain, with the token snapshot scheduled for 22:00 UTC (3:00 pm PT). In preparation for the MainNet launch, we will take EOS funding offline starting from June 1 2018 at 00:00 UTC...
Last night at the Coin Center annual dinner in New York City, Jerry Brito announced Kraken’s donation of $1,000,000, and our pledge to match any additional gifts during the month of May, up to another $1,000,000. The great work that Coin Center does is extremely...
Introduction Since 2011, Kraken has been a leader in the industry, actively developing and driving multiple self-regulatory organizations (DATA, JADA), and working with regulators to enact fair and effective rules to govern the evolving blockchain industry. In fact, had we not laid off half the...
Previously, in order to help mitigate strain on our platform caused by exponential growth, we delisted some of our trading pairs and suspended all advanced order types (you can read our blog post about it here: https://blog.kraken.com/post/1234). Since then we have made many infrastructure improvements...
Kraken will re-enable the ability to open new long and short margin positions at 18:00 UTC on Thursday January 25 (10am PT). This means that clients can once again use leverage to amplify trading profits and gain in both up and down markets. Kraken temporarily...
The Kraken website and trading is now back online, following the recent scheduled downtime necessary to upgrade our infrastructure. All client funds were kept safe and secure during this time. Please take note of some important information, below: Trading All orders have been cancelled prior...
We are performing a system upgrade on Thursday, January 11 at approximately 5:00 UTC (Wednesday January 10 at 9 pm PT). Kraken services will be offline for about 2 hours during the upgrade, possibly longer. Withdrawals in all currencies will be offline for an additional...