Kraken Acquires Canadian Bitcoin Exchange CoinSetter; New York to Lose Service
The San Francisco-based exchange, which had left the US markets in 2014 citing issues with banking partners, aims to utilize Coinsetter’s presence to reestablish itself in the North American region. Bitcoin exchange Kraken today announced that it is acquiring Coinsetter, another Bitcoin exchange with deep roots in the US and Canada. The San Francisco-based exchange, which had left the US markets in 2014 citing issues with banking partners, aims to utilize Coinsetter’s presence to reestablish itself in the North American region. As confirmed by CEO Jesse Powell, Kraken is looking to....
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Bitcoin exchange Kraken has announced it has purchased Coinsetter in what amounts to one of the larger mergers of notable brands in the bitcoin ecosystem. As a result of the undisclosed deal, Kraken’s exchange will now be available in 37 US states as well as all 10 Canadian provinces. Coinsetter had previously acquired Canadian bitcoin exchange CAVirtex in April, months after it would close citing security concerns. The sale of New York-based Coinsetter, rumored for months, follows an influx of new and well-capitalized entrants in the US bitcoin exchange market, which has seen startups....
Bitcoin exchange Kraken has announced the acquisition of Dutch bitcoin exchange CleverCoin. to its expansion after previously acquiring New York-based Coinsetter and Canadian bitcoin exchange CAVirtex earlier this year. San Francisco-based bitcoin exchange Kraken has acquired CleverCoin, a Dutch bitcoin exchange based in Eindhoven. The acquisition is only the latest addition to Kraken’s growing presence globally, having acquired New York-based Coinsetter and Canadian exchange CAVirtex in January this year. CleverCoin will halt its services tomorrow, June 29th, before migrating all user....
In a significant announcement today, the largest ever deal of its kind in the Bitcoin industry saw leading European bitcoin exchange Kraken acquire bitcoin exchanges Coinsetter and CaVirtEx. In a statement today, Kraken announced it is acquiring New York-based exchange Coinsetter and Canada’s first bitcoin exchange CaVirtEx. The world’s largest bitcoin exchange will fully absorb both exchanges to expand its scope with “an immediate and significant expansion into the North American market,” the statement read. The undisclosed deal will see Kraken enter the United States with its exchange....
When Canadian exchange Cavirtex closed its doors in February, there was a lot of speculation about the reasons it shut down, but few expected the exchange to come back to life. Cavirtex shut down amid security concerns after a major breach. Now, New York-based digital currencies exchange Coinsetter is expanding into the Canadian market by buying previously closed exchange Cavirtex for close to $2 million, according to Fortune Magazine. Coinsetter, which specializes in institutional trading for investment firms, is confident it can win back all of Cavirtex's old customers in Canada and grow....
Bitcoin operations in Canada have taken a hit earlier this year, as two of its major exchanges had to shut down. Both Vault of Satoshi and CaVirtex — the leading Canadian bitcoin exchange — halted all Bitcoin-related services in Q1 of 2015. However, it looks like CaVirtex is far from done, as the exchange platform was recently acquired by New York-based bitcoin exchange Coinsetter. CaVirtex: Closing Down After Security Breach. If there is one thing the early months of 2015 have shown us, it is that no Bitcoin exchange around the world is safe from security breaches. Not all of the hacking....