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...
Interest in Bitcoin continues to grow and Kraken is spreading the word! Today Kraken CEO Jesse Powell explained the value of Bitcoin for retail merchants at the 2015 EHI Kartenkongress (Card Congress). Jesse presented along with PayCash CEO Dr. Jürgen Wolff. As discussed in a...
Kraken is now accepting MtGox creditor claims and offering up to $1 million in free trade volume per creditor as a bonus for claiming funds through Kraken. The claim and payout service through Kraken is available in all areas of operation, including all US states....
Kraken will be launching a brand-new site design within the next few days, so we want to give you a brief preview of some important changes. First, you will notice that the new site mentions margin trading. This doesn’t mean that margin trading will be...
Here’s a look back at major Kraken milestones from the past year (since our launch in September 2013).* It’s been a very busy year and we are pleased to see that our achievements reflect our commitment to providing clients with the best possible exchange experience....
Over 12,200 bitcoins traded on Kraken today, marking a new all time daily high. The new high almost doubles the previous high that came on October 4th, 2014, when a volume of over 6,400 coins was reached. We’re very pleased with how fast Kraken continues...
Note: The following is from our press release. We will post further information here when further information becomes available. Kraken, a San Francisco-based bitcoin exchange, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to support the investigation of missing bitcoin and the distribution of...
Kraken is collaborating with German BaFin-regulated bank Fidor to create the world’s first cryptocurrency bank. The aim of the open initiative is to set up a fully regulated and licensed financial services entity and to pool financial services from different providers in the industry. “We...
Kraken today announced the launch of trading between bitcoin and Japanese yen (XBT/JPY). The new trading option coincides with the launch of domestic JPY funding that will allow clients in Japan to quickly fund their accounts. Bitcoin-euro trading (XBT/EUR) has been available in Japan since Kraken...
Today Kraken launched a partnership with PayCash, a Luxembourg-based leader in innovative EU focused payment solutions, to provide both US dollar (USD) and British pound (GBP) funding to its clients. These new funding options coincide with the launch of bitcoin-pound (XBT/GBP) trading. The PayCash partnership...
Kraken continues to grow! Over 6,400 bitcoins traded on the exchange today, marking a new all time daily high. The new high more than doubles the previous high that came about two weeks ago, on September 18th, when a volume of over 3,000 coins was...
We are very excited to announce the launch of the Kraken iOS app! Read on for screenshots and a quick tour! Account: Add your Kraken API key to view your balances and open orders at a glance. We recommend that you create a special API...
The total cost to buy and sell bitcoins at an exchange involves more than you might think. It depends not only on trades fees, but also on deposit and withdrawal fees, conversion fees, and slippage from spread and depth. This can make it difficult to...
Kraken has launched with bitcoin-stellar trading. Stellars are the currency for the new Stellar decentralized payment network. (The name of the currency was later changed to lumens.) Like Bitcoin, Stellar runs on a decentralized protocol for confirming transactions. But Stellar transactions are confirmed by a...
Depositing bitcoins (and other digital currencies) just got even more convenient. Deposit addresses can now be displayed as QR-codes for fast, easy, and reliable integration with wallet clients on mobile devices. To generate the QR code, simply click the “QR Code” button next to the...
Kraken sponsored two events that are part of the MIT Bitcoin Project. The first was for the MIT Bitcoin Club on July 29th. Dan Matuszewski, Director of Trading Operations at Kraken, talked to the club about how to trade bitcoins. The second event was round...
2014 is considered by some to be the year of multi-sig, and we are happy to announce that Kraken supports payments to multi-signature Bitcoin addresses (addresses beginning with a ‘3’). Multi-sig features are built right into Bitcoin at the protocol level, offering a powerful free...
The first thing to understand about two-factor authentication is that you need it. For email or financial accounts, where security is of the utmost importance, two-factor authentication is essential because it greatly reduces the chance that the account will be compromised. The second thing to...