Kraken

Paul Atkins, Trump’s SEC Chair nominee, faces a Senate confirmation hearing on 27 March, where lawmakers must rigourously evaluate his regulatory vision.

Kraken is acquiring US retail futures platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, expanding into the futures and derivatives market. The deal adds 1.8 million customers and grants Kraken an FCM license for regulated trading.

Notcoin is launching Not Games, a platform that integrates multiple titles with Game Profiles, shared inventories, and an in-game marketplace using NOT tokens. But with a drop in TON’s user base from 2.4 million to 130,000 daily active addresses and a 2 million decline in Telegram membership, will it be regain its former glory?

President Donald Trump will speak at the Digital Asset Summit in New York on 20 March, the first time a US president has addressed a crypto conference. His stance on regulation could have major market implications.

Since booting out Gary Gensler from the SEC, the agency is determined to show it committed towards making a major change towards its approach towards crypto enforcement by dropping multiple lawsuits and investigations surrounding major crypto firms such as Consensys, Uniswap Robinhood, and Opensea.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Kraken has each donated $1 million to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee, the organization funding the three-day extravaganza of galas, parades and dinners celebrating Donald Trump and his VP-elect JD Vance's big win in the November election.

Kraken will close its NFT marketplace by 27 February 2025, shifting focus to new projects. Starting 27 November, the platform will enter withdrawal-only mode. The move follows market saturation and declining demand, making growth challenging for NFT platforms.

In a bid to become leaner and faster, crypto exchange Kraken has announced staff cuts as part of its restructuring.

美国加密货币交易所Kraken昨日宣布，计划于2025年第一季度推出自家的Layer 2网络「Ink」，并计划在年底前启动测试网。虽然Kraken明确表示暂时没有发行代币的计划，但市场仍然好奇其未来发展潜力。

Kraken disputes the SEC's claims that its digital assets like Cardano and Algorand are unregistered securities. The exchange argues these assets don't meet the SEC's legal criteria and criticises the regulator's unclear guidelines and overreach. The SEC's stance has also faced backlash from other crypto industry leaders.