Polkadot (DOT) is coming to Kraken, but not without important changes before trading begins. As previously announced, DOT will be officially listed on Kraken starting August 18. However, due to a scheduled change in how DOT is denominated (occurring outside of Kraken’s control), clients may...
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...
VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like early access to our latest research, sign up for the latest research or ask your account manager for more details. Kraken Intelligence, our team of in-house research experts, has released its Bitcoin...
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,...
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...
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...
Now the second largest cryptocurrency by total value, Ethereum’s existence has been anything but boring. In its five-year history, it has seen the highest of highs during its 2017 bull market as well as lows in 2018 and 2019 that threatened its momentum and adoption....
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...
A new frontier has opened in the world of cryptocurrency, one where an emerging ecosystem of protocols is promising to reimagine financial services as we know them. Welcome to the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) powered by Ethereum. On Friday, July 31 at 13:00 UTC...
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...
A measure of the total computational power dedicated to securing Bitcoin, hashrate is one of the most important metrics for measuring the technology’s health and adoption. As such, it has emerged as a major area of focus for news media and data providers seeking to...
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...
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...
VIP clients are the first to receive Kraken Intelligence reports. If you’d like early access to our latest research, sign up for the latest research or ask your account manager for more details. Kraken Intelligence, our team of in-house research experts, has released its Bitcoin...
Kraken Security Labs has identified two new attacks that, if executed successfully by malicious actors, could compromise the security of Ledger Nano X wallet owners. These attacks affect wallets tampered with prior to the user receiving the wallet, as might occur in the event it...
We are pleased to announce a new USD funding option for US residents (domestic wire) through MVB Bank. With the news, Kraken now offers 7 different USD funding options to US residents, furthering its strategy of offering clients choice and redundancy in payment options. We...
Crypto Facilities, a subsidiary of Kraken, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Europe by euro trading volumes, has become the first cryptocurrency company to obtain a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). With this new license, Crypto Facilities will be...
The Crypto Security Guide is a new video series designed to teach you security best practices, hosted by our top internal expert Nick Percoco. Browsers are one of the most widely used pieces of software on the planet. In fact, chances are you’re reading...