2020provedawildyearfordigitalassetinvestorsaspricesswungfromsteeplowstoall-timehighs,butKrakennavigatedasteadycourseandcontinuedtoshepherdindustrygrowth.
Asyoupreparefortheyearahead(oneourVIPclientsthinkwillbringnoshortageofopportunities),we’dliketorevisitourmajormilestones.
GlobalExpansion
Thereisaparadigmshiftunderwayinthefinancialecosystem.Thewaywetransactandinteractwithmoneyischanging.Accesstothefinancialsystemisbeingdemocratizedandnewparticipantsareenteringthemarketplace.
初创公司Afriex完成1000万美元的A轮融资，红杉中国和Dragonfly Capital共同领投:金色财经消息，尼日利亚金融科技初创公司 Afriex 为其区块链汇款平台筹集了 1000 万美元的 A 轮融资，估值为 6000 万美元。本轮融资由红杉资本（中国）和Dragonfly Capital共同领投，Goldentree, Stellar Foundation and Exceptional Capital等参投。
据悉，Afriex 目前只专注于其核心汇款产品，未来希望推出稳定币，并已与 Visa 签署合作伙伴关系，在今年晚些时候为 Afriex 用户提供信用卡和借记卡。（forbes）[2022/4/26 5:11:18]
Inresponse,Krakenisservingtomeettheneedsofeveryoneworldwide,andsomeexamplesofthatincludeourlaunchinbothJapanandAustralia(bringingthenumberofcountriesweserviceto190),aswellasouradditionofnewfiatonramps.
Bluehelix获得Polygon Grant支持 双方建立跨链合作伙伴关系:据官方消息，Bluehelix BBS跨链桥获得Polygon（原Matic）Grants支持，双方在基于MPC的跨链合作方面达成合作。Polygon可以通过Bluehelix BBS跨链桥接入更多公链生态。
据悉，Polygon可为基于以太坊的项目提供扩展解决方案。Bluehelix作为DeFi生态基础设施，可以提供完全去中心化的BBS跨链桥解决方案。除Polygon外，Bluehelix目前还支持了6条公链：BTC、ETH、Tron Network、DOGE、Heco、BSC，以及 BTC、USDC、DAI、DOGE 等15种原生跨链资产。[2021/8/24 22:34:30]
PerhapsoneofthemostexcitingdevelopmentswaswhenweearnedabankingcharterinthestateofWyoming.Expectseveralimportantupdatesnextyearaswebuildouttheworld’sfirstdigitalassetbankandrevolutionizethefinancialservicesindustry.
IOHK产品经理：Goguen将帮助Cardano创造新的价值:IOHK产品经理Nebojsa Vojvodic在最近的YouTube视频中表示，Goguen的启动将帮助Cardano创造新的价值，同时推动Cardano的采用。据悉，Goguen升级后将允许用户在Cardano网络上创建和执行智能合同。（News Logical）[2020/7/9]
GivingBack
Growthinthedigitalassetindustrydoesn’tstartorendwithKraken.Werecognizetheworkofblockchaindevelopersoftengoesunheraldedandthatfartoomanygreatprojectsdonotgetthefundingtheyneed.
Weareonamissiontochangethatandsoawardedover$500,000ingrantsin2020–includingtotopprojectslikeBrink,BTCPayandGitcoin–whileprovidingfull-timeemploymenttoseveraldevelopers.
动态 | 伦交所上市挖矿公司Argo Blockchain将电力容量扩大了357%:伦交所上市挖矿公司Argo Blockchain签署新协议，将电力容量扩大了357%。Argo还可以选择将挖矿能力提高1360 PH（或1.36 EH），使其在2020年前成为全球最大的公开上市加密矿商。 （ADVFN）[2019/8/20]
Nextyear,weplantoexceedthosetotalsandwillcontinueinvestingintheincredibleeffortsthataredrivingthesenewtechnologies.
KeepingPace
Let’sbehonest–theworldofcryptocurrencymovesfast,anditcanbeafull-timejobjusttokeepupwiththepaceofchange.
Amongthemanydevelopmentsthisyear,wethinkourEthereum2.0stakingserviceandnewLightningNetworkteamwillbringthebenefitsofindustryinnovationtoourclientsin2021,sometimesinwaysevenwewon’tbeabletopredict.
动态 | Google Play发现一款窃取用户加密货币的恶意应用程序:据arstechnica消息，研究人员周五表示，Google Play发现一款恶意应用程序，该应用程序旨在从不知情的用户终端那里窃取加密货币。Eset的一名研究人员在一篇博客文章中说，这款恶意软件伪装成一款合法的加密货币应用程序，其工作原理是将复制到Android剪贴板上的钱包地址替换为攻击者的一个。因此，那些打算使用该应用将加密货币转入自己选择的钱包的人，会把钱存入攻击者的钱包地址。[2019/2/10]
Expectannouncementsaheadasweseektoofferthelatestandgreatestinnewtokens,especiallythoseservingdecentralizedfinanceusecasestargetingtheunderbanked.
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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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