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Kraken to end on-chain staking services for U.S. clients

Today, two Kraken subsidiaries announced a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning Kraken’s on-chain staking program. Because of this settlement, Kraken has agreed to end its on-chain staking services for U....

Ordinals: A common ground for Ethereum and Bitcoin maximalists?

Representing real-world assets on the Bitcoin blockchain is nothing new. Over a decade ago, projects like the Colored Coin protocol and Counterparty exchange proved Bitcoin could track items, not just units of currency, in a decentralized way. Howeve...

Crypto 101: What is a consensus mechanism?

A blockchain consensus mechanism is a type of automated system that aims to accomplish two objectives: Provide a distributed, leaderless way to unanimously agree on data stored on a blockchain ledger. Make sure all network validators follow the rules...

Busting Crypto Myths: You don’t own anything when you buy an NFT

For the uninitiated or crypto-curious people out there, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) represent one of the more colorful sectors of the cryptocurrency industry. How is it that duplicable, oftentimes wacky pieces of digital artwork can fetch extraordinar...

Crypto 101: What are custodial and non-custodial crypto wallets?

Wallets play a foundational role in crypto security and, depending on which option you choose, can often be the difference between keeping or losing funds in certain situations. There are two main types of crypto wallets you’ll need to consider: Cust...

Announcing Kraken OTC Portal v 2.0 featuring automated settlement

The Kraken OTC desk is constantly exploring new ways to deliver a great trading experience to our clients. Our new, fast, reliable, and easy-to-use automated settlement service seamlessly integrates with our RFQ, providing access to automated trade q...

STATE OF THE ART by ThankYouX, Hashflow (Official), Akutars, Chill Frogs NFT and more collections added to Kraken NFT

We’re thrilled to announce that we have added seven new NFT collections to Kraken NFT for our current beta testers to explore, collect and trade. After revealing dozens of NFT collections over the past few weeks, we carefully selected these new coll...

Announcing the 2022 Kraken Transparency Report

In an effort to lead the industry in trust and transparency on our mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency, we are excited to release our 2022 Transparency Report. The 2022 Transparency Report provides a summary of how we protect our cli...

White Hearts, Wolf Game – Farmer, Dooplicator, Cryptobirbs by Vodnik and more collections added to Kraken NFT

Crypto 101: What is the blockchain trilemma?

Life is full of tradeoffs. Oftentimes, we can only maximize one outcome by sacrificing another. Sometimes these tradeoffs are not exactly 1:1 tradeoffs but are part of a more complex relationship. What are some examples of a trilemma? Realtors might...

Scottie Pippen SP33, Murder Head Death Club, Kanpai Pandas, Claynosaurz and more collections added to Kraken NFT

We’re thrilled to announce that we have added nine new NFT collections to Kraken NFT for our current beta testers to explore, collect and trade. After revealing dozens of NFT collections over the past few weeks, we carefully selected these new colle...

Kraken NFT’s Behind the Build: A Roadmap for the Future

Before you dive in, check out the first post in our Kraken NFT Behind the Build Series, The NFT Frontier and our second post, Kraken NFT’s Behind the Build: Global Ingenuity. NFTs go far beyond mere JPEGs. Kraken NFT is helping to establish the found...

KPR, Lil Pudgys, Unisocks, The Flower Girls and more collections added to Kraken NFT

We’re thrilled to announce that we have added eight new NFT collections to Kraken NFT for our current beta testers to explore, collect and trade. After revealing dozens of NFT collections over the past few weeks, we carefully selected these new coll...

Can bitcoin be used for cross-border payments?

In 2008, an anonymous researcher (or team of researchers) called Satoshi Nakamoto published a nine-page research paper entitled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” The document, known as the Bitcoin white paper, presented a new type of...

Kraken NFT’s Behind the Build: Global Ingenuity

Before you dive in, check out the first post in our Kraken NFT Behind the Build Series, The NFT Frontier. Sometimes we reference pseudonyms to keep our Krakenites anonymous to avoid the security risks associated with building and maintaining a crypto...

DAI, USDC and USDT deposits and withdrawals available on the Polygon Network!

We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports deposits and withdrawals of Dai (DAI), USD Coin (USDC) and Tether (USDT) on the Polygon Network! Polygon is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to improve the speed and reduce the cost...

Kraken Appoints CJ Rinaldi as Chief Compliance Officer

New CCO brings three decades of financial services experience SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 24, 2023 – Kraken, one of the world’s largest and most-trusted crypto platforms, today announced the appointment of CJ Rinaldi as Chief Compliance Officer. CJ’s decade...

Trading for HydraDX (HDX) starts January 24 – deposit now!

We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports HydraDX (HDX)! Funding and trading Please note that HDX funding and trading are live. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Depos...

Kraken NFT’s Behind the Build: The NFT frontier

At its core, Kraken NFT is a product built for the people by the people. Building Kraken’s NFT product brought together a collaborative team across the company. It is also one of the biggest projects Kraken has ever completed, with thousands of hour...

Kraken’s new Managing Director for North America, Guy Hirsch, talks about his crypto journey

Guy Hirsch is Kraken’s new Managing Director for North America and he joined the Kraken team this month after building crypto businesses at Samsung and eToro. He’s an experienced operator in the crypto space and has some forward-looking ideas about t...

What is a hardware crypto wallet and why should you use one?

When it comes to cryptoasset security, self custody is unquestionably the safest way to protect your digital wealth. Self custody simply refers to storing and securing cryptoassets by yourself, rather than relying on a third-party to do it for you. O...

The Sandbox, Nouns, Dippies, YuGiYn and more collections added to Kraken NFT

Kraken 101: The Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitcoin is an invention that, for the first time in history, enabled a group of software users to create and manage a digital money supply outside the control of any government or bank. It helps to think of Bitcoin as a software protocol like those&...

Crypto 101: The Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin (BTC)

On Chain Monkey, ALPACADABRAZ, Sappy Seals, Pixels – Farm Land and more collections added to Kraken NFT

We’re thrilled to announce that we have added ten new NFT collections to Kraken NFT for our current beta testers to explore, collect and trade. After revealing dozens of NFT collections over the past few weeks, we carefully selected these new collect...

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