Kraken and five other DeFi projects contribute $250,000 each to support the teams that work on the Ethereum upgrade. In addition, they donated the sum to the ETH Foundation to develop the network’s version 2.0. Open-source developer teams like Erigon, Besu, Nimbus, Geth, and Nethermind will join the ETH Foundation in the donation. 1/ A…
Does Coinbase’s mild direct listing performance have emerging crypto platforms thinking twice about going public? The latest comments from major cryptocurrency exchange Kraken might be suggesting so. In an interview with CNBC earlier this year, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell shared that the company was considering going public via a direct listing in 2022. Coinbase went…
The Kraken-owned Bitcoin and crypto-asset trading data provider and trade execution platform Cryptowatch just released a desktop client for expert and institutional investors in the industry. Cryptowatch is a modular trading terminal where users can track cryptocurrency market trends in an in-depth manner. For six years, the product had a webpage, but no formal desktop…
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken recently announced that they will be acting to strengthen their ties to Switzerland, describing the country as a “kindred spirit” due to its positive approach to regulating and incubating growth within the crypto sector.To build a foundation within the country, the exchange recently began offering support of the Swiss Franc (CHF) while…
It has been another largely fruitless day for the majority of crypto assets but one is powering ahead regardless. Tezos has just made it into the top ten as the fundamentals for this altcoin keep improving. All Change in Crypto Top Ten Tezos is on fire again today with another surge of 18% as it…
A security research team at Kraken, a crypto exchange valued at $4 billion, has found a way to gain access to seeds from the widely-used KeepKey hardware wallet. To carry out the attack, the Kraken Security Labs team said that a specialized piece of hardware and knowledge is needed. With that, it takes less than…
Over the last two months, Bitcoin price has rallied from the depths of the bear market to a well over a 100% gain for crypto investors who bought when there was “blood in the streets.” Those who did catch the bottom have watched at their investment in Bitcoin double in short order, with little to…
Roger Ver is among the most polarizing characters in the crypto industry. He often goes against the grain, even if it earns him notoriety. Such is the case with recent comments made by Ver, defending San Francisco-based Coinbase in the face of the ongoing #DeleteCoinbase boycott. Few people have done more to further the adoption…
The Bank of England denied a bid by Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s dictatorial ruler, to withdraw $1.2 billion worth of Gold, reported Bloomberg. The move came after top US officials requested their UK counterparts to disconnect the Maduro’s regime from its assets abroad. The UK accepted the request as it, and many other countries, joined the US’…
As the crypto industry grows, its increased use by both innocent cryptocurrency investors and malicious cyber criminals does as well. This has prompted government agencies and financial market regulators to take a deeper look at crypto transactions in order to track down potential criminal behavior in hopes of finding evidence that will lead to successful…