Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Acquires Bitcoin Wallet Provider Glidera
Kraken announced yesterday that they have acquired the American Bitcoin wallet provider Glidera to their corporate umbrella. Kraken Snatches Yet Another Startup. 2016 has been a huge year for the Kraken bitcoin exchange, and they are looking to let the good times roll when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Kraken added the resources of three major bitcoin exchanges, Coinsetter, Cavirtex and Clevercoin. Now, they have acquired the American Bitcoin wallet provider Glidera to their corporate umbrella. “We’re thoroughly excited to merge with Kraken and bring even more value to our clients....
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San Francisco-based digital currency exchange has acquired wallet funding service Glidera. The acquisition of Glidera, the terms of which were not disclosed, is the latest for Kraken, which has spent the past year snapping up other startups in the exchange space. In January, Kraken announced that it had bought New York-based exchange Coinsetter, which itself had moved to acquire CAVirtex in April 2015. In June, the exchange expanded its European footprint when it announced the purchase of CleverCoin, based in the Netherlands. As part of the integration of the two services, Glidera – which....
Integrating the Glidera services into Bitcoin wallets is very straightforward. Significant acquisitions occur in the cryptocurrency world on a regular basis. Kraken, one of the leading global digital asset exchanges, acquired wallet funding service Glidera. This allows for the future integration of Bitcoin buying and selling option form within Bitcoin wallet solutions. In fact, Glidera’s services are present in 10 of the world’s leading Bitcoin wallets to date. Kraken has been on an aggressive M&A spree all throughout 2016. Of are, the company acquired three different major Bitcoin....
Kraken, the largest Euro-to-Bitcoin exchange based in San Francisco, acquired Chicago-based award-winning Bitcoin wallet platform and funding service provider Glidera. The deal, which was closed on December 13, solidifies Kraken’s fourth acquisition in 2016. Over the past 12 months, Kraken expanded their reach and services by acquiring major Bitcoin exchanges including Coinsetter and Cavirtex. Glidera-Kraken’s first step towards a global ecosystem. Glidera is the world’s first non-custodial wallet funding service which enables users to purchase and sell Bitcoins without accessing third....
In a month of big news for the Bitcoin wallet, Mycelium has announced the integration of Glidera. Now, users can buy and sell bitcoin in the United States and Canada through the oldest wallet in the Bitcoin space besides the original Satoshi client. “We’re excited to join forces with the Mycelium team and bring this new service to Mycelium users,” said Dave Ripley, CEO of Glidera. “Mycelium offers one of the most secure and easy-to-use wallets on the market, and the addition of Glidera will further improve the experience for new and existing users.” Glidera does not hold customer funds at....
The bitcoin space just got a bit more user-friendly as Glidera, a Chicago-based digital currency company, launches the first service to allow wallets to use an API that will allow users to buy and sell bitcoin directly from their applications. By simply clicking a button, users will be able to buy and sell bitcoin from their wallets without going through an exchange or other third-party provider if those sites integrate Glidera's new service. "Much of our motivation in developing this new service was to further promote a decentralized bitcoin ecosystem - giving users increased control over....