Kraken

Steve Aoki liquidates crypto and fake app drains $9.5 million
DJ Steve Aoki, once one of the most visible celebrity NFT advocates, is liquidating his remaining crypto holdings. His seven Bored Ape NFTs, purchased for over $800,000, are now worth roughly $97,000 total. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Deutsche Börse takes 1.5% stake in crypto exchange Kraken for $200 million
Deutsche Börse teamed up with Kraken in December to bridge traditional and digital markets and help expedite institutional cryptocurrency adoption in Europe.

Crypto exchange Kraken targeted in extortion attempt but says there was no breach and no client funds at risk
The firm said a criminal group is attempting to extort it over limited insider-related data access incidents affecting about 2,000 accounts. Kraken says it will not pay and is working with law enforcement.

FTX to repay creditors another $2.2B this month
FTX Recovery Trust will distribute about $2.2 billion to creditors on March 31 in its fourth payout under the exchange’s Chapter 11 plan. The latest payout lifts recovery rates so that many customer claim classes reach 100 percent, while Class 7 is set to receive a cumulative 120 percent. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Crypto exchange Kraken freezes multibillion-dollar IPO plan due to difficult market conditions
Kraken's parent company filed a draft S-1 registration statement with the SEC in November regarding the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

Here is why Nasdaq and owner of NYSE are putting the $126 trillion equity market on blockchain
The race for the "everything exchange" makes Wall Street operators and crypto exchanges rivals and partners at the same time.

Pi rallies more than 30% after Kraken announces listing
Bybit previously declined to list the mobile crypto-mining platform, with CEO Ben Zhou citing warnings from Chinese police that the project is a scam, a claim Pi's team later refuted.

Kraken's tokenized stock venue starts points program, hinting at possible ecosystem token
The initiative will reward trading and DeFi use of tokenized stocks as the sector tops $1 billion and gains traction with major exchanges.

Nasdaq teams with Kraken to bring stocks on-chain
Nasdaq announced that it's teaming up with Kraken to distribute one-to-one tokenized versions of public company stocks to customers in Europe and other international markets. Holders would retain the same governance rights as traditional shareholders, including voting and dividends. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Nasdaq and Kraken are teaming up to let you trade tokenized stocks
Nasdaq plans to work with Kraken to distribute tokenized versions of public stocks globally as the exchange pushes to bring blockchain infrastructure into traditional markets.

