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‘Extreme Selling’ Caused Kraken Ethereum Flash Crash - CEO
23.2.2021
Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken. Source: a screenshot, Instagram/krakenfx
“Extreme” ethereum (ETH) selling caused yesterday’s flash crash to USD 700 on Kraken, according to Jesse Powell, CEO and Co-founder of the crypto exchange giant.
The CEO was speaking to Bloomberg TV, and claimed that his firm...
Kraken users demand refunds over flash-crash liquidations
23.2.2021
Margin traders on Kraken are outraged after a flash-crash triggered wholesale liquidations while the exchange was inaccessible to users
Crypto Earning vs. Savings Accounts: How You Can Get Up to 17% Annually Holding Digital Assets
20.2.2021
The mainstream has caught a whiff of the gains cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum have seen, but many people are not aware of the passive income crypto users are getting as well. While financial incumbents are giving people with savings accounts a measly 0.35% to 0.60%, digital currencies...
New Kraken Venture Fund to Target Early-Stage Crypto, Tech Startups
11.2.2021
Kraken Ventures will operate autonomously, with financial backing from the exchange
Bitcoin volatility almost returned to 'Black Thursday' levels in January
9.2.2021
A report from Kraken has identified last month’s BTC volatility at levels not seen since the ‘Black Thursday’ crash of early 2020
Top Crypto Exchanges Experience Difficulties as Tesla News Prompts Trading Frenzy
8.2.2021
Binance, Coinbase, Gemini and Kraken are all having technical difficulties under heavy trading load
Following Grayscale's contribution, Kraken donates $100K to Coin Center
1.2.2021
The crypto exchange cited Coin Center’s work in challenging the proposed FinCEN self-hosted wallet rule as well as the STABLE Act from the U.S. government
Kraken Exchange Brings Its Spot Price Data to DeFi Via New Chainlink Node
1.2.2021
Kraken's connection to the Chainlink network allows the exchange to broadcast its price data for use in blockchain-based apps
Kraken, Coinbase Suffer Outages Amid Market Volatility
29.1.2021
Spillover from market drama on Wall Street is crippling U.S. exchanges
DeFi Trends to Watch Out For in 2021 According to ConsenSys and Kraken
27.1.2021
The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) this year, among other developments, will likely see rising popularity of tranche lending, increased use of Layer 2 protocols as a scaling solution, faster tokenization on Ethereum (ETH), and improved mobility of staked ETH, estimates ConsenSys Codefi,...
More Institutional Investors Are Buying Ether, Seeing It as a Store of Value
25.1.2021
The ether rally appears to be more organic and driven from within the crypto industry
Grayscale donates $1M to Coin Center, pledges up to $1M more in matched contributions
25.1.2021
Grayscale hopes to build off the success of Kraken’s donate-and-match program from 2018
Překvapení z Titanu: Kraken Mare je zřejmě mnohem hlubší než jsme si mysleli
25.1.2021
Překvapení z Titanu: Kraken Mare je zřejmě mnohem hlubší než jsme si mysleli
Kraken Adds 26 New Crypto Trading Pairs to Capture Growing UK, Australia Markets
21.1.2021
Kraken's biggest ever expansion of trading pairs is aimed to grow its presence in the two promising markets
Huobi Global Connects to European Banking System via UK’s BCB Group
18.1.2021
The crypto exchange is partnering with BCB Group to get instant GBP and euro settlement for its customers
Polkadot Flips XRP to Become the Fourth-Ranked Crypto After Price Spikes 100% in Less Than a Week
17.1.2021
Dot, the native token of the Polkadot network, has flipped XRP to become the fourth-ranked token after its price rallied by more than 40% in just 24 hours. Since January 11, the token has now gone up by more than 100% to set a new all-time high (ATH) of $18.06 on January 16. With its […]
Kraken to Halt XRP Trading for U.S. Residents
15.1.2021
Clients residing outside the U.S. will be unaffected
Anchorage Obtains Federal License to Operate as Crypto Bank From the OCC
15.1.2021
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval to crypto custodian Anchorage to launch the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the country. In a statement on Jan. 13, 2021, the OCC said the company received the national trust banking charter...
Traders Complain About Exchange Issues and Downtime During Bitcoin’s Volatile Price Swings
12.1.2021
As bitcoin and a number of digital assets saw deep losses on Monday, a few crypto-asset exchanges had difficulties. Traders have been complaining about issues with exchanges like Coinbase, Kraken, and other trading platforms during the volatile price swings. Bitcoin (BTC) and many other...
Trader cries foul play as $30K Bitcoin price dip ends in biggest-ever daily recovery
12.1.2021
A surge in excess of 20% accompanies the 12 hours after Bitcoin bounced off $30,000, but questions over the events are mounting