Going Global: Kraken’s 2020 Year in Review

2020provedawildyearfordigitalassetinvestorsaspricesswungfromsteeplowstoall-timehighs,butKrakennavigatedasteadycourseandcontinuedtoshepherdindustrygrowth.

Asyoupreparefortheyearahead(oneourVIPclientsthinkwillbringnoshortageofopportunities),we’dliketorevisitourmajormilestones.

GlobalExpansion

Thereisaparadigmshiftunderwayinthefinancialecosystem.Thewaywetransactandinteractwithmoneyischanging.Accesstothefinancialsystemisbeingdemocratizedandnewparticipantsareenteringthemarketplace.

加密托管機構BitGo提拔Chen Fang為首席運營官:8月2日消息，數字資產托管機構BitGo宣布提升Chen Fang為首席運營官。 該公司還任命前Affirm執行官Victor Tsou為工程副總裁。兩位高管都直接向公司首席執行官Mike Belshe匯報。（TheBlock）[2022/8/2 2:54:13]

Inresponse,Krakenisservingtomeettheneedsofeveryoneworldwide,andsomeexamplesofthatincludeourlaunchinbothJapanandAustralia(bringingthenumberofcountriesweserviceto190),aswellasouradditionofnewfiatonramps.

PerhapsoneofthemostexcitingdevelopmentswaswhenweearnedabankingcharterinthestateofWyoming.Expectseveralimportantupdatesnextyearaswebuildouttheworld’sfirstdigitalassetbankandrevolutionizethefinancialservicesindustry.

Coinbase Pro 將于今日上線 Goldfinch Protocol (GFI):1月12日消息，Coinbase Pro宣布將上線Goldfinch Protocol (GFI)，如果滿足流動性條件，交易將于今天晚些時候開始。

據悉，Goldfinch 是由Coinbase 前產品分析主管 Mike Sall 和前高級工程師 Blake West 共同推出的開放貸款市場，利用去中心化的貸款承銷流程，提供無抵押貸款的服務。Goldfinch 協議將信貸額度擴展到貸款企業，他們可以從 Goldfinch 池中提取穩定幣，然后將資金部署給當地借款人。[2022/1/12 8:42:14]

GivingBack

Growthinthedigitalassetindustrydoesn’tstartorendwithKraken.Werecognizetheworkofblockchaindevelopersoftengoesunheraldedandthatfartoomanygreatprojectsdonotgetthefundingtheyneed.

動態 | BitGo收購證券型代幣平臺Harbor:金色財經報道，加密貨幣托管服務商BitGo宣布收購證券型代幣平臺Harbor。此次收購包含Harbor的子公司，其中包括受金融業監管局監管的經紀交易商和受美國證券交易委員會（SEC）監管的轉讓代理。此舉使BitGo得以在其托管服務之外擴展。交易條款沒有披露。[2020/2/19]

Weareonamissiontochangethatandsoawardedover$500,000ingrantsin2020–includingtotopprojectslikeBrink,BTCPayandGitcoin–whileprovidingfull-timeemploymenttoseveraldevelopers.

Nextyear,weplantoexceedthosetotalsandwillcontinueinvestingintheincredibleeffortsthataredrivingthesenewtechnologies.

KeepingPace

聲音 | Google首席策略師：非法加密挖礦的數量正在增加:據BitcoinNews報道，Google的首席策略師Varun Kohli近日表示，非法加密挖礦（Cryptojacking）的數量正在增加，加密劫持或使用他人的計算機來遠程開采加密貨幣也成為困擾在線社區的長期問題。他表示，“現在有價值約1850萬美元的門羅幣（XMR）正在流通，其中5%是通過非法加密挖礦來的。目前，一枚門羅幣的價值約為20-25美元，通過非法加密挖礦的收益在400萬美元左右。”[2019/10/9]

Let’sbehonest–theworldofcryptocurrencymovesfast,anditcanbeafull-timejobjusttokeepupwiththepaceofchange.

Amongthemanydevelopmentsthisyear,wethinkourEthereum2.0stakingserviceandnewLightningNetworkteamwillbringthebenefitsofindustryinnovationtoourclientsin2021,sometimesinwaysevenwewon’tbeabletopredict.

動態 | EOS競猜游戲TGON遭黑客交易回滾攻擊:今日凌晨03:30-04:44之間，PeckShield安全盾風控平臺DAppShield監測到黑客向EOS競猜類游戲TGON發起連續攻擊，獲利數千EOS，并已轉至幣安交易所。PeckShield安全人員分析發現該黑客通過回滾交易，大量獲利。PeckShield安全人員在此提醒，開發者應在合約上線前做好安全測試，特別是要排除已知攻擊手段的威脅，必要時可尋求第三方安全公司協助，幫助其完成合約上線前攻擊測試及基礎安全防御部署。[2019/3/28]

Expectannouncementsaheadasweseektoofferthelatestandgreatestinnewtokens,especiallythoseservingdecentralizedfinanceusecasestargetingtheunderbanked.

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IntheNews

Adoptionisessentialtothesuccessofdigitalassets,andthatmeansKrakenisworkinghardtoshapeastrongnarrativeforourindustry.

MajorinstitutionslikePayPal,SquareandMassMutual,aswellasprestigeinvestorslikePaulTudorJonesandMichaelSaylor,madesignificantpublicBitcoinpurchasesin2020.

Tohelpclientsunderstandthesedevelopments,welaunchedalivewebinarseries,with?SaylorevenjoiningourDanHeld?todiscusswhyheisconvertingsuchalargepositionofhiscorporatetreasurytoBitcoin.

Butourinternalexpertswereregularlyontopnewssourcesaswell.

OurCEOJessePowellisoneofthefirstvoicesthepressturntowhencryptocurrencyisinthenews.Infact,Jesse’simpactissofar-reachingleadingindustrypublicationCoindeskrecognizedhimasoneoftheir‘MostInfluentialin2020.’

NewFaces

Beingabest-in-classdigitalassetexchangerequirestheeffortsofmanytalentedpeople.We’vebeenfortunatetoaddsomeamazingtalentin2020.

TherehavebeenhundredsofnewteammembersaddedtotheKrakenfamilyandweintroducedyoutoafewofthemastheyjoinedoverthecourseoftheyear.

MihaGrcar–OurHeadofBusinessDevelopmentJonathanMiller–OurManagingDirectorofAustraliaPeteRizzo–OurEditor-at-LargeMarcoSantori–OurChiefLegalOfficerJeremyWelch–OurVPofProductTeamKrakencurrentlystandsatover1,200uniqueandpassionatecryptocurrencyenthusiastswhoworkeverydaytoensurethedevelopmentofthedigitalassetindustryandmostofallmakeyourexperienceasenjoyableaspossible.

Ifyouwouldliketojoinourfamily,weencourageyoutotakealookatouropenings.

ThankyousomuchforbeingaloyalpartoftheKrakencommunity.Welookforwardtoservingyouinwhathopestobeanincredible2021!

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