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Kraken Charged by CFTC Over Margined Crypto Transactions, $1.25 Million Penalty Imposed

September 29, 2021 by DIGIT

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Payward Ventures, the operator of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, “for illegally offering margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets, including bitcoin, and failing to register.” CFTC Charges Kraken, Imposes $1.25 Million Penalty The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Tuesday that it has imposed a $1.25 million penalty … Read more

CFTC hits Kraken with $1.25M in fines over alleged illegal offering

September 28, 2021 by DIGIT

“Margined, leveraged or financed digital asset trading offered to retail U.S. customers must occur on properly registered and regulated exchanges in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations,” said Vincent McGonagle, the CFTC’s acting director of enforcement. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

SEC is ‘open to discussion’ when it comes to crypto: Kraken chief lawyer

September 24, 2021 by DIGIT

Kraken’s Marco Santori points to the adversarial stance taken by some crypto firms towards regulators. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

Dogecoin’s Four-Legged Fall — DOGE Slides to 9th Market Cap Position Dropping 18% Last Month

September 14, 2021 by DIGIT

The infamous dogecoin was one of the first meme-based digital currencies and it’s safe to say that the coin inspired a myriad of meme-focused or joke tokens meant to be used for fun. However, while dogecoin has had a phenomenal 2021 rising 8,515% in 12 months, during the last month dogecoin prices have stagnated a … Read more

Kraken Australia CEO talks the August market report and BTC price slump

September 8, 2021 by DIGIT

“We always see corrections when we get to all-time highs. I think it’s a natural part of the cycle,” said Kraken Australia CEO Jonathan Miller. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

Five DeFi projects and Kraken tip in $250K each to support Eth2 client teams

August 25, 2021 by DIGIT

The Ethereum Foundation will pass the donations on to open-source developer teams including Besu, Erigon, Geth, Nimbus and Nethermind. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

US Kraken exchange targets European license in 2021, says CEO

August 24, 2021 by DIGIT

Kraken’s potential European regulatory jurisdictions reportedly include countries like Malta, Luxembourg, and Ireland. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

Altcoin Roundup: Hodling Ethereum? Here’s how and where to stake your ETH

August 6, 2021 by DIGIT

The options for earning passive income from staking ETH continue to expand. Here are a few. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

Kraken CCO will join crypto exchange Bitstamp to run US operations

July 21, 2021 by DIGIT

“We doubled our U.S. team in 2021 and expect to triple the team by 2022,” said Robert Zagotta. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico

Crypto Travel Rule Working Group Launches 2.0 Protocol ‘Solving the Discoverability Problem’

June 26, 2021 by DIGIT

Just before the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published the organization’s 12-month review, a working group called the Travel Rule Protocol (TRP) released its 2.0 version of the TRP crypto application programming interface (API) in order to “simplify the end-user crypto exchange experience.” TRP is backed by big banks like Fidelity Investments, Standard Chartered, and … Read more