Today global bitcoin exchange Kraken announced a multi-million dollar agreement with SBI Investment, one of Japan’s leading and most respected…
Read MoreKraken, 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…
Read MoreBitcoin exchange Kraken opens in Canada with Vogogo
Kraken will be offering both Interac and EFT payments in Canadian dollars as it enters the Canadian market
Read MoreBitcoin can now be traded against the Euro as Kraken launches leveraged margin trading
North American interest in Bitcoin as a bona fide method of payment has mushroomed over the last year, with regulatory approval and technological infrastructure backed by vast venture capital funds. With the ground laid by such advances, the age of exchange-based virtual currency trading is now here
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Read MoreBitcoin: An open and candid discussion with Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken
“How, in what sense, was MtGox the focus of fringe investors and mavericks? Which exchanges are fully regulated (licensed)? How would we know whether an exchange is highly secure? Bitstamp was just hacked and other exchanges have not performed audits. I don’t agree that there has been a rapid change” – Jesse Powell, CEO, Kraken
Read MoreMtGox customers may be able to receive bankruptcy distributions in Bitcoin via Kraken
With the support if Kraken Bitcoin exchange, MtGox’s bankruptcy trustee has created a system that will enable users to file, through a website, bankruptcy claims against MtGox regarding Bitcoin and cash
Read MoreKraken the antidote to Mtgox losses?
The outcome of the MtGox bankruptcy proceedings will deeply affect the Bitcoin community as a whole” – Jesse Powell, CEO, Kraken
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