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Kraken has listed the USD Coin, which it described as the "world's fastest-growing stablecoin," the day after rival Binance removed it from its platform because of low trading volume. Kraken said deposits and trading would go live Wednesday for USDC trading pairs with bitcoin, ether and tether, as well as
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In its usual manner, the highly popular crypto exchange Kraken just released its latest compliance team’s transparency report for last year. The 2019 transparency report is targeted at the global law enforcement requests for the just-concluded business year.Kraken happily took to its Twitter account to share a general picture of
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has said the cost of responding to law enforcement requests for user data is rising sharply year on year.In a tweet on Tuesday, the firm posted an infographic teasing its new 2019 Transparency Report, indicating it had received 710 information requests in total – 49 percent more
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The major US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has released an official announcement about the acquisition of Circle Trade, an over the counter (OTC) digital asset trading platform, in a notice posted on 17th December.Kraken shared that the company’s OTC desk that is being run by the Wall Street expert Nelson Minier,
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A former employee of United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken initiated legal proceedings against the company in connection with breach of contract and sanctions violation, among other issues.Per a court document filed on Nov. 26, Nathan Peter Runyon — a marine wartime veteran and ex-employee of Kraken, where he served
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San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that it has acquired Circle’s over-the-counter (OTC) desk.In a Dec. 17 blog post, Kraken said that the company has bought “one of the most recognized OTC desks in crypto.” Circle co-founders Sean Neville and Jeremy Allaire confirmed the sale of the Circle Trade
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At CoinDesk’s Invest: NY conference last month, Wyoming officials touted the charter as a potential end-run around New York’s notoriously strict BitLicense, which the Empire State is in the process of revising. Kraken CEO Jesse Powell has previously said his company stopped serving New York customers several years ago because
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Kraken Security Labs said crypto hardware wallet KeepKey is not doing enough to protect customers from physical attacks, saying it was able to get into the system using a $75 device. Source
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is launching support for Tezos (XTZ) staking, according to an announcement published on Dec. 11.Starting on Dec 13., Kraken will enable its users to trade with XTZ and obtain instant financial rewards. To begin staking XTZ, users have to put the cryptocurrency into their Kraken Staking
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Crypto asset exchange Kraken has added two new options for GBP deposits and withdrawals in attempts to speed up the exchange of funds for users.Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Chart Looks Eerily Similar to $3,000 Bottom; Is the Pain Over?Options to Fund AccountsIn collaboration with UK-based payments services provider Clear Junction, Kraken
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