In order to help mitigate the strain on our platform caused by recent exponential growth, we are delisting some of our illiquid trading pairs and temporarily suspending all advanced order types. These changes will go into effect on Tuesday, August 22 around 6 am UTC…
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) deposits and withdrawals are now online – read on for important details! How many confirmations are required for deposits? 20 confirmations required before BCH deposits are credited We may lower the required number of confirmations in the coming weeks if the BCH…
This post is a follow-up to our previous post on the Bitcoin Cash hard fork with a few clarifications and reminders for our clients. When exactly will the fork happen? The exact time cannot be known in advance because it is based on “median time.”…
On August 1 2017 at 12:20 pm UTC a small community of Bitcoin users is planning a hard fork from Bitcoin to an alternative protocol called “Bitcoin Cash” (BCH). Bitcoin Cash is expected to be a minority chain, with the vast majority of the Bitcoin…
Kraken is pleased to announce support for EOS trading! The EOS platform is designed to scale the mainstream development of decentralized applications for large businesses, and claims to the first platform to do so. Which EOS Pairs are Available For Trading? EOS-Ethereum (EOS/ETH) EOS-Bitcoin (EOS/XBT) EOS-U.S.…
Kraken is pleased to announce the addition of new pairs for trading between ripples (XRP) and four fiat currencies (EUR, USD, JPY, and CAD)! The new trading pairs mean that clients who want to buy or sell XRP in exchange for their preferred fiat currency…
We’re proud to announce that on May 5, 2017, Kraken set a new record for trading volume across all digital assets in a 24hr period: $178,521,474. This figure trumps our previous record set on March 17, 2017, by 25%. Keep on Kraken 🙂
The price of bitcoin and the total market cap for digital assets are each shattering previous records. At the time of writing, bitcoin is over $1500, while the digital assets total market cap is nearing the $40,000,000,000 mark. These numbers represent new all-time highs for…