Kraken
One of the oldest US-domiciled exchanges.
Feb 2023: settled with SEC for $30M over staking-as-a-service. Nov 2023: SEC sued for operating as unregistered securities exchange.
While previously xStocks holders had no voting rights, this deal will allow eligible investors to submit proxy voting preferences.
BitGo Link provides a single interface for viewing and moving digital assets held both in BitGo custody and on centralized exchanges.
The five-year bug escaped detection because auditors verified that the intended random number generator existed, but not that it was being called.
Eligible US users can request IPO allocations, while customers in more than 110 countries gain access to tokenized Jersey Mike’s shares backed 1:1 by the underlying stock.
The deal brings wallet technology to Payward’s enterprise platform, potentially reducing the number of infrastructure providers businesses need to integrate with.
Magic Labs is selling its wallet business to Payward and rebranding as Newton Labs to focus on onchain finance infrastructure.
Payward and fintech GTN are teaming up to bring xStocks—blockchain-based copies of real company shares—to Hong Kong, the UK, Europe, and South Korea.
xStocks is tokenizing equities from Hong Kong before expanding to the UK, Europe, South Korea, and other international markets.
Payward's xStocks pushes beyond U.S. equities as competition to bring global stock markets onchain accelerates.
The Wyoming-based firm launched USD-settled bitcoin and ether options, saying product design, not demand, has held back adoption.
Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch and Bitfinex have all set up shop in the British Virgin Islands — but you might find it tricky to book an on-site meeting with one of their executives.
Kraken, Bitstamp, 1inch and Bitfinex have all set up shop in the British Virgin Islands — but you might find it tricky to book an on-site meeting with one of their executives.
Upshift will build dedicated vaults tailored to each client’s specific investment strategy and risk considerations.
The redesigned app will use AI to recommend trades and tailor investing tools around users' financial goals as Kraken expands into broader financial services.
Kraken is adding autonomous AI agents capable of monitoring markets, suggesting trades and even executing on behalf of users.
US prosecutors charged Rossen Iossifov over the alleged laundering of $290,000 in forfeited crypto from a Kraken account.
Migrations to Chainlink CCIP so far include Kelp and Lombard, both of which brought over $1 billion, as well as Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re and Kraken’s tokenized assets.
The crypto exchange says an arbitrator sided with it after accounting firm Mazars walked away from a nearly finished audit.
Payward sued its former auditor, Mazars, for abandoning a nearly complete audit during Operation Choke Point 2.0.
Bitcoin Magazine Kraken Seeks Final Judgment After $22 Million Award Against Former Auditor Kraken is seeking a final Delaware court judgment against former auditor Mazars after winning a $22 million arbitration award, arguing the firm's abrupt resignation during heightened U.S. regulatory pressure caused significant financial and operational harm. This post Kraken Seeks Final Judgment After $22 Million Award Against Former Auditor first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman .
The crypto exchange's parent company says Mazars' withdrawal from its 2022 audit caused millions in damages and tied the dispute to Operation Chokepoint 2.0.
Kraken's focus is on Lithuania as the jurisdiction to secure the license, according to a person familiar with the plans.
Eligible users can now use select tokenized stocks and ETFs as collateral for futures and margin trading without selling their holdings.
Several exchanges that have already been authorized by EU regulators are attempting to bring in users from companies unlicensed under the Markets in Crypto-Assets rules, offering transfer bonuses and prizes.
Bitcoin sinks to a fresh 2026 low as the selloff drags on. Kraken makes a major move into DeFi. And BlackBerry is staging a comeback.
The DeFi lender is rebuilding after the fallout from April's KelpDAO exploit sparked a multibillion-dollar exodus of deposits despite Aave itself not being hacked.
Kraken's new facility with Maple brings a traditional warehouse financing model onchain, allowing the exchange to expand its institutional crypto lending business using blockchain-based structured credit.
Kraken's new facility with Maple brings a traditional warehouse financing model onchain, allowing the exchange to expand its institutional crypto lending business using blockchain-based structured credit.
PowerTrade changed Kraken’s positive balance of around $7 million to a $2 million deficit via a series of unauthorized “corrections” related to trades that had expired or settled months earlier, according to a legal filing.
Maple’s lenders will provide a revolving line of funding to supply USDC liquidity for Kraken's over-the-counter borrowers.