Tag: Coinsetter

Kraken
February 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kraken acquires Crypto Facilities, its largest deal to date

The digital asset exchange Kraken has just announced that it has acquired the regulated cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider Crypto Facilities. Crypto Facilities is London-based and is the first FCA regulated entity to list futures on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple XRP, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. The company provides CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate that powers the CME Group’s…

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April 12, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Japan's Money Partners Group joins Kraken Series B investment round

Kraken - one of the world’s largest Bitcoin, Ethereum and digital asset exchanges - has announced an investment from Money Partners Group, one of Japan’s leading foreign exchange brokerages, as part of Kraken's Series B financing round. While Kraken didn't disclose the size or terms of the Money Partners Group investment, we believe it is in the multi-million dollar range. Tokyo-based Money…

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January 19, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Kraken, the SF-based global bitcoin exchange announces M&A acquiring Coinsetter and Cavirtex

Global bitcoin exchange Kraken today announced that they are acquiring major exchanges Coinsetter and Cavirtex. NYC-based Coinsetter, founded in 2012, is one of America’s most prominent national bitcoin exchanges, and Cavirtex, founded in 2011, is Canada’s first bitcoin exchange with unmatched historical trading volume in the country. With these two acquisitions, Kraken sets the stage for an…

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November 13, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Coinsetter sees trading outage due to disk space problem

Today Coinsetter the ECN style Bitcoin exchange sent out a notice stating that a number of users experienced trading issues over the past 36 hours. Jaron Lukasiewicz, the Coinsetter CEO personally sent out the notice to clients on this situation. Some clients reported not being able to execute and/or cancel orders, which was caused by a…

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