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Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Mulls Plans for SEC’s ATS License

May 17, 2018

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is mulling ‎registration with US regulators as a licensed broker-dealer firm or ‎an alternative trading system (ATS), Bloomberg reports.‎ The move comes jus...

Kraken Acquires Yet Another Cryptocurrency Firm, Cryptowatch

March 1, 2017

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency trading venues in the world, has acquired the charting and trading platform Cryptowatch. Used by thousands to trade up to 22 digital assets, Cryptowatch has seen rapi...

One-Click Bitcoin Exchange via ACH Transfers Coming to Kraken

December 15, 2016

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency trading venues in the world, has acquired bitcoin wallet funding service Glidera for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition means that Kraken clients will soon be able t...

Kraken Continues Acquisition Spree, Buys Dutch Bitcoin Exchange CleverCoin

June 28, 2016

Kraken, already one of the largest cryptocurrency trading venues in the world, has taken over yet another bitcoin exchange – Netherlands-based CleverCoin. This comes less than six months after Kraken acquire...

Kraken Bitcoin Exchange Added Ethereum Dark Pool Trading

May 19, 2016

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has started to offer Ethereum Dark Pool trading, enabling the discreet placing of large orders without exposing intentions to the public, on W...

Kraken Acquires Coinsetter and Cavirtex, Enters US and Canadian Market

January 19, 2016

Spring 2013 is remembered as the period that bitcoin hit the forefront of mainstream public knowledge. Due to prices skyrocketing from the teens to over $250, coverage emerged from niche technology and financ...

Kraken Adopts BitGo’s Multisig Solution

November 10, 2015

Bitcoin exchange Kraken is the latest to employ BitGo’s multisignature bitcoin wallet solution. Kraken is the world’s largest venue for exchanging bitcoin and euros. It has until now employed a custom off-ch...

Kraken to Launch Ether Trading

August 6, 2015

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced that it will be offering trade in Ether, Ethereum’s digital token, within the next day or two. Ethereum’s protocol was officially launched one week ago, with its ...

Kraken Adopts Maker-Taker Fee Model

July 20, 2015

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has reduced its trading fees and moved over to a maker-taker model. The exchange currently dominates the market for euro-based bitcoin trading, and typically ranks in or near t...

Kraken Launches in Canada with Help from Vogogo

June 29, 2015

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is expanding to Canada, thanks in large part to a partnership with crypto-focused payments processor Vogogo. Kraken currently dominates the euro-based bitcoin trading market, a...