Kraken (bitcoin exchange)

Kraken
Type Bitcoin exchange
Location San Francisco, California[1], United States
Coordinates 37°47′24″N 122°24′03″W / 37.790024°N 122.4008331°W / 37.790024; -122.4008331[2]
Founded July 28, 2011 (2011-07-28)[1]
Owner Payward, Inc.[2]
Key people Jesse Powell (CEO)[2]
Currency BTC, ETH,[3][4] ETC[5]
Website kraken.com

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Kraken (28 July 2011). "Kraken is Born". Kraken. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Bloomberg. "Company Overview of Payward, Inc.". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Kraken (26 May 2016). "Kraken to support DAO trading". Kraken. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Kraken (27 June 2016). "Kraken Acquires Dutch Bitcoin Exchange CleverCoin". Kraken. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Kraken (26 July 2016). "Kraken opens classic ether (ETC) markets and credits ETC to accounts". Kraken. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "These are the biggest names in bitcoin and blockchain tech". yahoo.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Reuters Editorial (29 June 2015). "Industry Leading Bitcoin Exchange Kraken Opens in Canada with Vogogo". Reuters UK.
  8. 1 2 Nichols, Shaun. "Lost your shirt in the MtGox Bitcoin mess? Release the Kraken!'. The Register. 25 May 2016. Accessed 17 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Kraken (19 January 2016). "Kraken Acquiring Coinsetter and Cavirtex to Expand in US and Canada". Kraken. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  10. ↑ 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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