Kraken

On Wednesday, May 1, a large transaction in the amount of 40,000 BTC (over $ 210 million) was recorded in the Bitcoin network. It is noteworthy that the coins were moved between the addresses of the Bech32 format, native to the Segregated Witness (SegWit) protocol. An unknown user has completely emptied his wallet, in which the displaced coins have been “sleeping” since February 2018. Apparently, he […]

The second largest stock exchange in the world, Nasdaq, will begin to display an index based on the third-largest digital currency XRP, reports CoinDesk. The index is developed by the New Zealand blockchain-company Brave New Coin. It will launch on the Nasdaq on May 1st. The XRP Liquid Index (XRPLX) will be based on spot prices of the XRP token nominated in US dollars. Information on the market value of the asset will be […]

The trading volume of bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for the last day amounted to $ 279.65 million. This exceeds the similar indicators in all spot markets, according to data from Bitwise Asset Management. Thus, the daily bitcoin spot trading volume amounted to $ 600.62 million, of which $ 255 million fell on the Binance exchange, $ 80 million on Coinbase and $ 70 million on Kraken. Note, […]

Today, April 22, the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange will add the Cosmos ATOM token to the listing. Kraken is listing Cosmos (ATOM) on Monday, April 22nd. Find out more here: https://t.co/7yzg2SilMM – Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) 21 april 2019 p. The new asset will be traded in pairs with the US dollar, Euro, Canadian dollar, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Also the possibility of input-output and redemption […]

Belonging to the Winklevossam brothers, Gemini Bitcoin Exchange confirmed the full support of the Segregated Witness (SegWit) protocol, including the bech32 native addresses and transaction batching. As stated in the company's blog, in this way the New York Stock Exchange became the first major cryptocurrency platform that can boast of such a function. Very proud of our team! @Gemini becomes the first major exchange to […]

Arthur Hayes, co-founder and CEO of the BitMEX cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, does not exclude that in the foreseeable future, short-term bitcoin bonds may appear on the platform. The idea itself, however, is not fully worked out and it has yet to bring to mind. This assumption Hayes made in a conversation with a cryptanalyst and trader Luke Martin in the framework published on Friday, 12 […]

Jonathan Silverman, a former employee of one of the oldest Bitcoin exchanges Kraken, sued her, accusing that the platform’s management did not pay him for the work he had done. This writes Bloomberg. According to the lawsuit, which was filed on April 4, Kraken hired Silverman in April 2017 as the manager of institutional sales and trading operations in […]

According to the CoinMarketCap (CMC) analytical resource, on April 4 the daily trading volume of all cryptocurrencies reached a new historical maximum of $ 86.62 billion. This figure exceeds the record of January 2018 by 42%, although the total market capitalization is 4 times lower. However, it is worth noting that recently CMC was in the center of the scandal provoked by the report of Bitwise Asset Management, in […]