Kraken

Kraken

Markets

Markets Weekly: Seeking Answers After The Crash

The bitcoin price crashed below $200 last week, leaving market watchers trying to figure out just what had happened.

Coins, accounting

Markets

Kraken to Assist in Search for Missing Mt Gox Bitcoins

Kraken has been selected to oversee the distribution of Mt Gox's remaining assets and investigate its missing bitcoins.

Kraken's Ayako Miyaguchi, Jesse Powell, and Mt Gox bankruptcy trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi

Markets

How Kraken is Seeking to Solve Bitcoin's Banking Dilemma

CoinDesk speaks with Kraken CEO Jesse Powell about his company's plans to reimagine banking in bitcoin's image.

bitcoin broken

Markets

Fidor, Kraken Unite to Launch 'World's First Cryptocurrency Bank'

German Internet direct bank Fidor and exchange operator Kraken are partnering on a cryptocurrency bank project.

deal, business

Markets

Bitcoin Exchange Kraken Launches in Japan

Kraken launches a bitcoin exchange in Japan today, aiming at the nation's active traders and finance professionals.

Japanese city at night

Markets

Kraken Announces Return to USD Market, Launch of GBP Trading

Bitcoin exchange Kraken has announced it will allow USD and GBP deposits as the firm shifts focus to Europe.

trading, invest

Markets

3 Forces Shaping Next-Generation Bitcoin Exchanges

Recent bitcoin exchange funding deals reflect potential trends in that growing market.

NYDFS, Lawsky

Markets

Government-Backed Bitcoin Industry Association to Launch in Japan

JADA is a new advocacy group for bitcoin businesses in Japan that has industry and official backing.

Miyaguchi JADA Japan

Tech

Fidor Exec: Banks Can't Avoid Competition from Cryptocurrencies

Fidor COO Michael Maier tells CoinDesk about the bank's growing role in serving and expanding the digital currency ecosystem.

Dollars and bitcoins

Markets

Japanese Politicians Take Interest in Growing Bitcoin Ecosystem

Individual Japanese politicians are interested in bitcoin despite the government's hands-off approach, as the local ecosystem goes post-Gox.

 MP Mineyuki Fukuda (second from left) meets with Jesse Powell and the Kraken team