Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is reportedly considering seeking more than $100 million in a final funding round before launching a possible initial public offering (IPO). The company has received inquiries from potential investors amid the current rally in the digital asset market, Bloomberg reported Thursday (June...
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is buying TradeStation Crypto, the digital assets unit of TradeStation Group. With this acquisition, Kraken aims to expand its regulatory licensing in the United States, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday (April 18). “The transaction is part of our efforts to accelerate our U.S. presence and will unlock further...
Crypto.com is in the process of adding 1,400 employees, a little more than a year after cutting one-fifth of its staff. The turnaround at the digital asset exchange began after bitcoin and other tokens rallied, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April 16). The company has added 700...
The cryptocurrency industry can learn lessons from the settlements three crypto exchanges reached with regulators. So said the chief compliance officers of Binance, Coinbase and Kraken while speaking Wednesday (April 10) at Chainalysis’ Links conference in New York, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday. Each of...
September 21, 2022
Update: Adds background. Jesse Powell, the CEO of the first U.S. cryptocurrency exchange to receive a banking license, is stepping down. Powell made history on Sept. 16, 2020, when his San Francisco-based Kraken cryptocurrency exchange became the first crypto industry firm to receive a special-purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter from the Wyoming Division of […]
March 04, 2022
Asking cryptocurrency exchanges to block the addresses of their Russian users last weekend, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said: “It’s crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to...
June 06, 2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is reportedly considering seeking more than $100 million in a final funding round before launching a possible initial public offering (IPO). The company has received inquiries from potential investors amid the current rally in the digital asset market, Bloomberg reported Thursday (June 6), citing unnamed sources. While declining to comment specifically on […]
April 18, 2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is buying TradeStation Crypto, the digital assets unit of TradeStation Group. With this acquisition, Kraken aims to expand its regulatory licensing in the United States, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday (April 18). “The...
April 16, 2024
Crypto.com is in the process of adding 1,400 employees, a little more than a year after cutting one-fifth of its staff. The turnaround at the digital asset exchange began after...
April 10, 2024
The cryptocurrency industry can learn lessons from the settlements three crypto exchanges reached with regulators. So said the chief compliance officers of Binance, Coinbase and Kraken while speaking Wednesday (April 10)...
