We’re thrilled to announce that Beam (BEAM) and Ondo (ONDO) are now available on Kraken for residents in Canada! Funding and trading Both BEAM and ONDO funding and trading are live. Add BEAM and ONDO to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into the networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Got BEAM or ONDO and a Kraken account? Deposit with Kraken Deposit with Kraken Pro BEAM and ONDO are tradeable on Kraken and Kraken Pro with the following parameters: Asset Pair ..read more

We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum (ETH) on Linea! What is Linea?  Linea is a Layer 2 (L2) solution tailored for Ethereum, aiming to enhance scalability and flexibility for decentralized applications (dApps). It leverages zero-knowledge proofs alongside complete Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility, facilitating the easy development or migration of dApps. Funding ETH funding using Linea is already live. You can transfer Ethereum (ETH) to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting ETH and in the drop-down box the d ..read more

We’re thrilled to announce that Bonk (BONK), Dymension (DYM), Jito (JTO), Jupiter (JUP), Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL), Wormhole (W) and Dogwifhat (WIF) are now available on Kraken for residents in the United Kingdom! Funding and trading BONK, DYM, JTO, JUP, POL, WIF and W funding and trading are live. Add your token to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into the networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Got BONK, WIF or W? and a Kraken account? Deposit with Kraken ..read more

By Pete Rizzo, Kraken Editor at Large Pete Rizzo is a leading Bitcoin Historian and author of over 2,000 articles on cryptocurrency. He is also an Editor at Bitcoin Magazine. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and does not necessarily reflect the views of Kraken or its management. This opinion is not investment advice.  Bitcoin – a computer science invention – is a world first that will never repeat Bitcoin wasn’t created out of thin air. Decades of prior electronic cash projects failed, but each one built on the incremental progress the others had m ..read more

Guest blog by Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW) NLW is the host of Coindesk’s The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital and was on the founding team of Change.org The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Kraken or its employees.  Each Bitcoin halving is the same in that they all reduce the block mining award by half. This common dynamic has led to similar patterns of BTC trading following past halvings. Still, the current narrative surrounding Bitcoi ..read more

Your easy-to-use onchain gateway Whether you’re a Kraken client or not, you can use multichain Kraken Wallet as your bridge to the decentralized financial system. Built on our core values of privacy and security, Kraken Wallet provides self-custody of digital assets and data by providing an onchain experience users will love – backed by Kraken’s world-class security and client service. The beautiful UX allows you to easily explore the onchain world; no network switching or manually creating multiple seed phrases. Kraken Wallet is the one-stop solution for your self-custody needs: Comprehensiv ..read more

We believe that the most secure mobile crypto wallet is one that overcomes the inherent constraints of its mobile operating system. For instance, on iOS, Apple’s CryptoKit doesn’t support the secp256k1 elliptic curve, a standard for Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other blockchains. This limitation restricts developers from utilizing the secure element of devices for key storage and transaction signing. As a result, mobile crypto wallets are classified as hot wallets since they are both connected to the internet and sign transactions outside of a secure element using a software implementation of t ..read more

We’re thrilled to announce the support for bonded on-chain staking strategies for TIA starts now in most regions! Start staking on Kraken Pro How can I start staking? Add crypto assets to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Clients can now stake crypto assets and earn up to 18% in yearly rewards from the Earn section of your Kraken Pro account or from the Kraken Pro mobile app. Here is what you need to know about bonded and flex staking for TIA: Staking option Asset Unbonding period Yearly rewards range Bonded  Celestia (TIA) 21 da ..read more

We’re thrilled to announce that Beam (BEAM) is now available on Kraken! Important: Kraken will not be supporting the migration of MC tokens to BEAM. If you hold MC tokens and wish to migrate them, please follow the instructions provided in this tutorial and FAQ: Beam Token Migration Tutorial and FAQ. Alternatively, you can directly access the migration tool at Merit Circle Migration Portal. Funding and trading Funding for BEAM is live and trading will begin on April 11. Add BEAM to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.  Only deposit BEAM ..read more

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