Kraken Bitcoin Exchange Plans Expansion into Japan This Month
Kraken has quickly become an experimental crypto-currency trading engine with Lorem Ipsum text on its homepage to a major hub for bitcoin and altcoin trading in a little over a year. And they're just about ready to continue their massive growth. A Monday morning report from The Wall Street Journal indicates that Kraken is planning an expansion into Japan by the end of this month in a move that hopes to provide Japanese investors with a secure, trusted, and stable trading platform. According to Kraken chief executive officer Jesse Powell, there's an "overdue need for an exchange" in the....
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Kraken, a reputable Bitcoin exchange launched trading in Japan at the end of October. With the collapse of Mt. Gox, setting up a reputable and publicly trusted exchange in Japan is no easy task. Kraken has a great record of high transaction volumes as well as reputation for compliance with the law. Even though Kraken boasts credentials, months of work went into launching a regulated and publicly accepted Bitcoin exchange in Japan. Kraken is the only Japan Bitcoin exchange that allows local funding options. I got a chance to interviewKraken CEO Jesse Powell about the Japanese launch and....
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Newly-established and popular bitcoin/cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is slated to begin operating in Japan next month, according to founder Jesse Powell, who recently spoke to Bloomberg Businessweek. The announcement comes months following the fiery collapse of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox - an exchange run by French-born Mark Karpeles. In that collapse, upwards of 500,000 bitcoins were lost under uncertain circumstances. In May, Powell was said to have gone to the Land of the Rising Sun for discussions with local legislators in an attempt to plant his company's feet in the country and open up the....
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