Going Global: Kraken’s 2020 Year in Review

2020provedawildyearfordigitalassetinvestorsaspricesswungfromsteeplowstoall-timehighs,butKrakennavigatedasteadycourseandcontinuedtoshepherdindustrygrowth.

Asyoupreparefortheyearahead(oneourVIPclientsthinkwillbringnoshortageofopportunities),we’dliketorevisitourmajormilestones.

GlobalExpansion

Thereisaparadigmshiftunderwayinthefinancialecosystem.Thewaywetransactandinteractwithmoneyischanging.Accesstothefinancialsystemisbeingdemocratizedandnewparticipantsareenteringthemarketplace.

NFT游戲Dragon Kart獲Signum Capital戰略投資:據官方消息，基于BSC的NFT游戲Dragon Kart宣布獲得Signum Capital戰略投資。據了解，Signum Capital是一家總部位于新加坡的風險投資公司，專注于區塊鏈領域的公司和創新項目；Dragon Kart是一款基于區塊鏈平臺的3D NFT P2E競技賽車游戲。[2021/10/16 20:33:47]

Inresponse,Krakenisservingtomeettheneedsofeveryoneworldwide,andsomeexamplesofthatincludeourlaunchinbothJapanandAustralia(bringingthenumberofcountriesweserviceto190),aswellasouradditionofnewfiatonramps.

PerhapsoneofthemostexcitingdevelopmentswaswhenweearnedabankingcharterinthestateofWyoming.Expectseveralimportantupdatesnextyearaswebuildouttheworld’sfirstdigitalassetbankandrevolutionizethefinancialservicesindustry.

OpenSea八月Polygon鏈上交易額達到5170萬 創歷史新高:金色財經報道，OpenSea自年初在Polygon區塊鏈上完成NFT市場部署后交易額一直在上升，據最新數據顯示，八月份Polygon鏈上交易額達到5170萬美元創歷史新高。另外，在Polygon區塊鏈上的買賣過一個NFT的OpenSea錢包數量達到19萬個，其中85.5%旨在Polygon區塊鏈上進行NFT交易。

值得注意的是，OpenSea在Polygon區塊鏈上77%的NFT銷售金額低于100美元，意味著NFT可訪問性得到較大提升。目前OpenSea平臺在Polygon鏈上三個交易量最大的NFT項目分別是Zed Run（2.9萬ETH）、MyCryptoHeroes（2.71萬ETH）和Decentraland Wearables（2.26萬ETH）。[2021/9/14 23:23:18]

GivingBack

Growthinthedigitalassetindustrydoesn’tstartorendwithKraken.Werecognizetheworkofblockchaindevelopersoftengoesunheraldedandthatfartoomanygreatprojectsdonotgetthefundingtheyneed.

資產管理平臺Harvest已在Polygon上線:據官方消息，資產管理平臺Harvest已經在Polygon上線。Harvest在Polygon上部署了一套Farming策略，降低全球DeFi用戶的進入門檻。[2021/7/28 1:20:52]

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

Nextyear,weplantoexceedthosetotalsandwillcontinueinvestingintheincredibleeffortsthataredrivingthesenewtechnologies.

KeepingPace

Let’sbehonest–theworldofcryptocurrencymovesfast,anditcanbeafull-timejobjusttokeepupwiththepaceofchange.

Aave在Polygon上總鎖倉量為32億美元:據Debank數據顯示，Aave在Polygon上總鎖倉量為32億美元，鎖倉量TOP5的協議分別為Aave（32億美元）、QuickSwap（9.45億美元）、SushiSwap（7.48億美元）、Curve（7.09億美元）、Dfyn（1.98億美元）。[2021/5/28 22:52:37]

Amongthemanydevelopmentsthisyear,wethinkourEthereum2.0stakingserviceandnewLightningNetworkteamwillbringthebenefitsofindustryinnovationtoourclientsin2021,sometimesinwaysevenwewon’tbeabletopredict.

Expectannouncementsaheadasweseektoofferthelatestandgreatestinnewtokens,especiallythoseservingdecentralizedfinanceusecasestargetingtheunderbanked.

動態丨加密貨幣經紀公司Bits of Gold欲在歐洲市場發力:以色列加密貨幣經紀公司Bits of Gold正放眼于歐洲市場，尤其是直布羅陀和瑞士。該公司首席成長官Tomer Niv對FM表示，該公司正致力于確保它們的運營能夠完全符合當地規定。“現在我們正專注于研究直布羅陀和瑞士的監管系統，以便升級我們的流動性能力。”他說道，“我們肯定會會見一些市場的主要運營者和銀行，從而建立新的合作伙伴關系。我們并不排除在未來向歐洲客戶進行市場營銷的可能，只要合法就行。”Bits of Gold成立于2014年，為超過5萬名注冊私人用戶提供服務，擁有可交易比特幣和以太幣的平臺。[2018/7/1]

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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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