Kraken, the major global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a mobile crypto trading application in a new move to boost industry adoption in the United States. It has been reported that its new app is now available for most of the United States as well as other countries around the world for both iOS and Android users. However, the app allows users to trade more than 50 cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), through smartphones. The move follows a rollout of

The users of Kraken, the United States-based crypto exchange, have allocated more than half a million Ether (ETH) to the platform for staking purposes. Kraken stated: “The company was pleased to announce that the total amount of ether staked through its platform has now surpassed 500,000 ETH, as the Ethereum community continues to express its support for the much-awaited transition to proof of stake (PoS).” It has been reported that Kraken breached 500,000 staked ETH recently

Research from Kraken shows that Bitcoin (BTC) price can rise between $75,000 and $306,000. It has been reported that based on one reading of a logarithmic growth curve that connects historical tops and bottoms, a coin price of $75,000 would signal Bitcoin’s entry into overbought territory, marking the end of its current bull run. The report stated: “Based on previous cycles, Bitcoin could likely continue appreciating gradually in price before ultimately going parabolic and hi

Report said that Kraken, the US-based cryptocurrency exchange, is in talks for a new funding round that could double the company’s valuation to $10 billion, or more. It has been reported that the raise was reported by Bloomberg, who cited anonymous sources claiming Kraken is in discussions with top investors including, Fidelity, Tribe Capital, and General Atlantic. However, one of the sources estimated Kraken’s valuation could soar as high as $20B billion depending on demand.

Kraken, the major US-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it will integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network in 2021. It has been reported that Kraken emphasized that the integration will drive significant improvements in speed and fees by claiming that Lightning allows Bitcoin (BTC) “to process millions of transactions per second.” Pierre Rochard, the lead Bitcoin strategist of Kraken, revealed that Lightning will first be integrated for withdrawals during the firs

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has granted operational licenses to two cryptocurrency exchanges Archax, the digital security exchange, and the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini, operating in the country. It has been reported in the Financial Conduct Authority website that both Archax and Gemini Europe Services are currently registered in the UK as crypto asset firms as of August 18 and August 19. However, both crypto exchanges had to meet compliance requirements in terms o

Kraken, the major cryptocurrency exchange, has launched support for trading pairs and account funding in the Aussie dollar (AUD). It has been reported that Australian dollars will be tradeable against Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Tether (USDT) on the platform. However, AUD is the seventh fiat currency to be supported by Kraken, joining USD, CAD, EUR, JPY, GBP, and CHF. The report said that Kraken clients based outside of th

Trillions of dollars have been injected into the global markets in an attempt to revitalize the world economy. The U.S. alone recently hit its highest unemployment rate in history. Hot article from @Cointelegraph: Blockchain Jobs Continue to Rise Despite Global Recession https://t.co/R4V17f4wYF Stay updated … Follow me! — Dr. Bou Dib _ CryptoNews.Lebanon (@pBouDib) March 28, 2020 On March 26, it has been reported by Forbes that Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exch

The U.S. based crypto exchange Kraken will start to increase its operations in the Indian market following the recent ruling of the country’s Supreme Court to lift banks’ banning to do business with crypto companies, according to a March 9th announcement. According to Kraken, its growth in India was hampered by the ban on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). However, they did not give further details regarding the plans for this large market. 🇮🇳*NEW* Kraken is recommitting to t

A UK financial watchdog hastily retracted an official warning about Kraken after apparently confusing the exchange with online scammers, but a similar warning about BitMEX remains active. UK Financial Watchdog Retracts Kraken Warning, but BitMEX Caution Stays Up https://t.co/miXPBzAp7s pic.twitter.com/epUJ78HhK0 — cryptopapa (@realcryptopapa) March 5, 2020 On March 3, it has been reported by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who published a notice on its

Kraken Security Labs revealed that Trezor hardware wallets and their derivatives can be hacked to extract private keys. Though the procedure is quite involved, Kraken claims that it “requires just 15 minutes of physical access to the device.” Kraken’s security division revealed that the entire family of Trezor wallets can be hacked to steal private keys, though the method requires specialized hardware. #Cryptonews #Blockchain #cryptocurrency https://t.co/eRoU0MxPbr — Cryptocu

Kraken, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced that it has acquired Circle’s over-the-counter (OTC) desk. https://t.co/MSL6lFVRtL — Genesis Ecology (@EcologyGenesis) December 18, 2019 On December 17, it has been reported that Kraken said that the company has bought “one of the most recognized OTC desks in crypto.” Sean Neville and Jeremy Allaire, the Co-founders of Circle, confirmed the sale of the Circle Trade OTC business to Kraken. Neville and Allaire

Kraken, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, is adding support for its latest fiat asset, the Swiss franc (CHF). Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange Adds Support For the Swiss Franc https://t.co/SgijDErcVQ Kraken crypto exchange is adding support for its latest fiat asset, the Swiss franc https://t.co/dUtxFPgeyq News pic.twitter.com/JB8xDDC3kl — CryptoPost (@crypto_PST) December 6, 2019 On December 5, it has been reported that Kraken said in collaboration with Lie

Kraken, one of the largest and oldest Bitcoin exchanges in the world, has joined the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN). By joining SEN, Kraken enables its clients to deposit and withdraw U.S. dollars from Silvergate accounts with no fees. New post (Kraken, One of Oldest Bitcoin Exchanges, Joins Silvergate Exchange Network) has been published on Fuzzy Logistics Engineering – https://t.co/T9JbfioBkL pic.twitter.com/lVjV2HRkfe — Fuzzy.One (@FuzzyOne10) November 29, 2019 On Nove

Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange of San-Francisco, announced that it is introducing a mobile version of its Kraken Future trading app. On November 21, it has been announced by Kraken that it is launching a mobile app version of Kraken Futures, which was created earlier this year after acquiring Cryptofacilities and was previously only available on a web browser. However, the app will be available on both the iOS and Android platforms. [Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:08:59 +0000] [Espee

Kraken, major cryptocurrency exchange announced that it made its WebSockets private application program interface (API) available for all Kraken clients. On Oct. 24. Kraken announced on its blog that its first two messages of the private API have gone live to all of its clients after being in beta mode since the beginning of October. Kraken Launches WebSockets Private API!https://t.co/137UY2DmT4 — Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) October 24, 2019 New Functionalities Kraken says t