Kraken Partners With The Economist for Investment Competition

Kraken Partners With The Economist for Investment Competition

If you had $1 million to invest in Bitcoin and Ethereum, how would you buy, and why? This is the premise behind a new case study competition from Kraken, who partnered with The Economist to launch the program. Kraken, a leading bitcoin exchange, has launched a new competition aimed at students, challenging them to create digital asset investment....


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