By Kayvon Pirestani, Head of APAC Institutional Coverage One of the latest companies to diversify their corporate balance sheets with crypto is Meitu, Inc. The Hong Kong-listed (1357-HK) consumer tech company, known for its wildly popular selfie and photo community apps used by millions around the globe, recently purchased both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Coinbase Institutional […]
Coinbase is now hiring in India
Following our recent announcement that we are now hiring in Canada, today we’re happy to announce that Coinbase is establishing a business presence in India. By housing some IT services, including engineering, software development and customer support operations in India, we will benefit from its huge pool of world-class engineering talent. India has long been […]
Kraken Daily Market Report for March 22 2021
Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.46 billion, below the 30-day average of $1.69 billion. Total futures notional at $ 586.0 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin, Tether, Ethereum, Cardano, and Ripple. Strong returns from Enzyme (+43%), Augur v1 (+18%), Augur v2 (+19%), and Kusama (+12%). March 22, 2021 $1.46B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD XBT $54113. ↓5.7% $652.0M USDT $1.0001 ↓0.02% $250.3M ETH $1669.3 ↓6.6% $185.5M […]
Kraken Daily Market Report for March 23 2021
Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.38 billion, near the 30-day average of $1.69 billion. Total futures notional at $570.6 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin, Tether, Ethereum, Cardano, and Polkadot. Strong returns from StorJ (+93%) and Curve Dao (+32%). March 23, 2021 $1.38B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD XBT $55709. ↑2.8% $602.0M USDT $1.0000 ↓0.02% $292.2M ETH $1716.8 ↑2.0% $156.1M ADA $1.1578 ↑5.0% $61.1M DOT $35.218 ↓0.17% $45.8M XRP $0.5650 ↑3.5% $41.0M USDC $1.0 ↑0.0% $22.6M LTC $188.12 ↑1.1% $21.5M STORJ $1.7604 ↑93% $19.0M […]
Kraken Daily Market Report for March 24 2021
Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.89 billion, above the 30-day average of $1.62 billion. Total futures notional at $790.8 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin, Tether, Ethereum, Polkadot, and USD Coin. Strong returns Aragon (+25%), most coins were negative. March 24, 2021 $1.86B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD XBT $52429. ↓3.4% $847.0M USDT $1.0000 ↑0.01% $296.1M ETH $1573.6 ↓5.6% $216.7M DOT $29.995 ↓12% $98.0M USDC $1.0000 ↑0.02% $93.9M ADA $1.0791 ↓3.0% $66.2M XRP $0.4616 ↓16% $50.1M LTC $175.07 ↓5.6% $29.7M KSM $439.04 ↑4.2% $27.2M […]
Meet The Kraken Bank Executive Team: COO Michael Giorgio
When is the last time a bank put customer needs, security and open access to all first? David Kinitsky, Kraken Bank CEO, outlined eight reasons why consumers need a customized banking structure that modernizes the products and services we all utilize on a daily basis. To… The post Meet The Kraken Bank Executive Team: COO Michael […]
Elon Musk says ‘You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin’
You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin. You read that right and it’s not a rumor. It’s coming straight from the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, himself. In a tweet a few hours ago, the Tesla CEO said potential car owners can buy the world-famous electric vehicles using Bitcoin, the world’s largest digital currency. […]
Tezos (XTZ) highly anticipated NFT platform, Kalamint, launches
Kalamint will go live today and the first NFTs will be up for sale soon. Kalamint sets itself apart by building a quality community of minting artists and by effectively battling plagiarism. Kalamint is expected to have a great start since the Tezos NFT community has been growing rapidly over the past weeks. So, there’s […]
Here’s an explainer on Ethereum DEX Uniswap’s V3 update
Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap released the details of the much-awaited v3 upgrade, as per a blog post on Tuesday. “Today we are thrilled to present a detailed overview of Uniswap v3, the most flexible and capital-efficient AMM ever designed,” it said, adding the launch is scheduled for May 5, 2021, with a Layer-2 deployment set […]
How Bitcoin and a winning mindset transformed the life of this 19-year-old
Bitcoin‘s ebbs and flows have inspired the famous when lambo meme—the act of trading the asset’s volatility to make ungodly amounts of cash in a short period of time. Most get rekt, but those who put the time, effort, and dedication in learning the trade reach the levels of the enviable make it. One such […]