Kraken, a struggling cryptocurrency exchange, is apparently edging closer to its concept of founding its own bank. The exchange has made this decision after receiving a penalty from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to register its crypto asset staking programme. According to a podcast appearance by
On February 15th, a media outlet claimed that the Korean Financial Services Authority was investigating the staking services industry. Concerns expressed by members of the cryptocurrency community regarding the fallout from the recent settlement between the SEC and Kraken in American court seem to be materializing. In the wake of
Following the regulator’s probe into Kraken, the crypto exchange had agreed to settle charges with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and shut down its on-chain cryptocurrency staking service. The U.S SEC announced on Thursday that, the two Kraken entities ‘Payward Ventures and Payward Trading’ accept to pay $30 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Kraken, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. SEC to examine whether regulations broken in some of its sales to American investors. The inquiry is related to some services Kraken provided to customers in the United States. The exchange has
The Abu Dhabi office of Kraken, a renowned cryptocurrency exchange, has shuttered less than a year after being granted a local license. More than a third of the company’s workforce will be laid off as a result of this reduction. In a move that affected around eight positions, Kraken laid
Kraken, a global cryptocurrency exchange, is ceasing operations in Japan for a second time. Blaming a drain on its resources caused by the country’s “weak crypto market.” Kraken announced in a blog post on December 28 that it would be closing its offices in Japan. And removing its registration with
The Kraken crypto exchange stated today that they had slashed their personnel by 30%. The decision was called one of the toughest choices at Kraken to date in an official blog post by the exchange. As a result, 1,100 individuals lost their jobs “in order to adapt to current market
Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States, has just resolved with the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for alleged breaches of sanctions against Iran. The settlement is for $362,158.70. The agency stated: “Due to Kraken’s failure to timely implement appropriate geolocation tools,
Kraken’s CEO, Jesse Powell, recently stormed out over Binance, calling the exchange’s proof of reserves useless due to the absence of “proof-of-liabilities.” The bankruptcy papers of FTX’s clients revealed that FTX had leased out a significant portion of their assets before the exchange’s insolvency. Leading exchanges have been rushing to
In response to Mario Nawfal’s tweets, Kraken Exchange’s Chief Security Officer Nick Percoco tweeted that the Kraken team has identified the individual responsible for the FTX hacking. Since the hacker dumped the stolen money on the Kraken exchange, the Kraken staff was able to identify him with the help of
