Kraken (company)
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| Type | Bitcoin exchange |
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| Location | San Francisco, California[1], United States |
| Coordinates | 37°47′24″N 122°24′03″W / 37.790024°N 122.4008331°W[2] |
| Founded | July 28, 2011[1] |
| Owner | Payward, Inc.[2] |
| Key people | Jesse Powell (CEO)[2] |
| Currency | BTC, ETH,[3][4] ETC[5] |
| Website | kraken |
Kraken is a prominent[6] bitcoin exchange operating in Canada,[7] the EU,[4] Japan,[8] and the US.
It currently has oversight of Mt. Gox claims for lost bitcoins.[8]
Acquisitions
Several acquisitions of other bitcoin exchanges have allowed Kraken to expand rapidly.
- 19 January 2016 - the American Coinsetter and the Canadian Cavirtex[9][10]
- 27 June 2016 - the Dutch CleverCoin[4]
References
- ^ a b c Kraken (28 July 2011). "Kraken is Born". Kraken. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Bloomberg. "Company Overview of Payward, Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Kraken (26 May 2016). "Kraken to support DAO trading". Kraken. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Kraken (27 June 2016). "Kraken Acquires Dutch Bitcoin Exchange CleverCoin". Kraken. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ Kraken (26 July 2016). "Kraken opens classic ether (ETC) markets and credits ETC to accounts". Kraken. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "These are the biggest names in bitcoin and blockchain tech". yahoo.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Reuters Editorial (29 June 2015). "Industry Leading Bitcoin Exchange Kraken Opens in Canada with Vogogo". Reuters UK.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Nichols, Shaun. "Lost your shirt in the MtGox Bitcoin mess? Release the Kraken!'. The Register. 25 May 2016. Accessed 17 June 2016.
- ^ Kraken (19 January 2016). "Kraken Acquiring Coinsetter and Cavirtex to Expand in US and Canada". Kraken. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ Joseph Young (2 March 2016). "Kraken Reports 2x Increase in New Accounts After U.S. Expansion". Bitcoin Magazine. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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