Cryptocurrency News
Most of the developments in the crypto industry appear to go by unnoticed. Kraken has been on a very aggressive acquisition spree throughout 2019. The most recent acquisition comes in the form of Circle Trade. Kraken Keeps Picking up Smaller Companies Prior to that development, however, Kraken had already taken […]
Some have written it off, stating that its best days are behind it. However, Bitcoin has once again proven the doubters wrong. The currency shot up by over 21 percent to hit the all-important $5,000 level earlier today. Making the gain even more spectacular, it happened in less than an […]
We may be in a crypto winter, but this isn’t slowing down Kraken crypto exchange. The San Francisco-based firm announced today that it had acquired Crypto Facilities in a deal worth at least $100 million. This is its largest acquisition to date. Crypto Facilities is a leading crypto derivatives provider […]
Bitcoin may have shed 80 percent of its value in the last 12 months, but crypto exchanges had their best year yet. Coinbase, the biggest exchange in the U.S, experienced a 21 percent increase in 2018, with the first quarter of the year being the most successful. However, the volume […]
Kraken – a San Francisco based cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011 – announced in a blog post earlier today that it’s adding XRP and BCH margin trading to its platform. These news come amid a trend where exchanges and other platforms are adding XRP support. Last week Binance added XRP […]
With crypto exchanges being a favorite target for hackers, placing your cryptos at the safest hands should be a priority for any crypto investor. And according to a report by cyber security firm Group IB, the safest exchange is the long-serving U.S-based exchange, Kraken. The report considered a variety of […]
With over 1,800 cryptocurrencies and a ton of exchanges, it can be hard to know which one to use, as exchanges vary in how their customers can trade. Some, like Coinbase and Gemini, allow you to get your feet wet in the industry and start out with fiat currencies. Other […]
Even though Kraken is one of the older exchanges in the cryptocurrency world, it too needs to innovate and add more currencies. While it remains unclear if it will do so, the company’s most recent tweet has sparked considerable debate on this topic. It is possible all of this is […]
Three weeks after a University of Texas professor published a report alleging that Tether and Bitfinex had manipulated the price of Bitcoin all throughout 2017, a new report has emerged that questions the stablecoin’s trading pattern on Kraken, an American crypto exchange. The report was published on Bloomberg and included […]