We are pleased to announce that significant progress has been made in the investigation into claims from creditors of MtGox. In November 2014, Kraken was selected to assist Tokyo District Court-appointed Trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi in the bankruptcy investigation of missing Bitcoin, receiving claims and distributing...
Today global bitcoin exchange Kraken announced a multi-million dollar agreement with SBI Investment, one of Japan’s leading and most respected venture capital firms, to invest in and lead the Series B round of financing in Kraken. SBI Investment is the venture capital arm of SBI...
Acquiring Coinsetter and Cavirtex We are pleased to announce that we are acquiring major exchanges Coinsetter and Cavirtex. NYC-based Coinsetter, founded in 2012, is one of America’s most prominent national bitcoin exchanges, and Cavirtex, founded in 2011, is Canada’s first bitcoin exchange with the highest...
Kraken is proud to announce a new partnership with BitGo, a leading provider of digital asset security. BitGo now integrates its multi-sig vault wallet system and robust security management controls with Kraken. Kraken had previously employed a custom off-chain, multi-party signing system with off-site components –...
Over 37,600 bitcoins traded on Kraken today, marking a new all time daily high. The new high more than doubles the previous high from August 24th, 2015, when a volume of about 17,400 coins was reached. This is the third time that a new volume...
Kraken Strategist/Trader Kevin Zhou is interviewed by Trace Mayer on the Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast. Among the topics discussed are: the interest banks have taken in blockchain technology; the current unusually high price of Bitcoin swaps; how to quantitatively measure the price impact of a spam...
Hi Everyone, This is Kevin Zhou, former economist/trader at Buttercoin and currently strategist/trader at Kraken. There’s a lot of material out there about how to place orders and execute trades but very little on trading strategy and methodology (beyond charting and TA), so I thought...
Kraken is rated one of the top bitcoin exchanges by BitReview. BitReview is a popular site containing a wealth of bitcoin news and information, including extensive reviews of bitcoin-related goods and services. “Kraken is one of the best products in the market, period. For European...
About 17,400 bitcoins traded on Kraken today, setting a new all-time daily record! The record comes only one day after the record was broken with a daily volume of about 14,500 bitcoins. With our two-year anniversary coming up, it’s great to see this pattern of...
Your deeds will be remembered. Hopefully, Charon accepts bitcoin. Today Kraken discontinues service to New York residents. Regrettably, the abominable BitLicense has awakened. It is a creature so foul, so cruel that not even Kraken possesses the courage or strength to face its nasty, big,...
Today Kraken launched with ether trading. Ethers are the currency of the Ethereum network, which is a decentralized platform for executing programmable smart contracts. Out of the gate it was Kraken’s highest volume launch to date, with over 3 million ethers traded in the first...
Great news – Kraken® is reducing trade fees and moving to a maker taker model! This change comes by popular demand, since many clients have told us they would like to see a maker taker model with reduced fees overall. We have also simplified the...
Despite the country’s fragile political situation and an uncertain economic outlook, Bitcoin has many enthusiastic followers in Ukraine. This is why Kraken was particularly proud to co-sponsor ‘Blockchain Incredible Party’ (BIP 001), a conference held from July 1- 2 in Odessa. The conference’s organisational team...
If you haven’t filed our MtGox claim yet, it’s not too late! The MtGox trustee has announced that the deadline for filing creditor claims online has been extended to 8:00pm, July 28, 2015 PDT (GMT-7). Kraken has also extended the offer of up to $1MM in...
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...
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...
Kraken takes a proactive approach to compliance, in order to anticipate the evolving regulation around Bitcoin and to help ensure it is regulated in a way that protects consumers while allowing the game-changing Bitcoin ecosystem to flourish. Today we’re pleased to announce a great new...
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...