[HN Gopher] Kraken.com: Proof of Reserves
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       Kraken.com: Proof of Reserves
        
       Author : kkm
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-11-13 15:46 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.kraken.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.kraken.com)
        
       | cowtools wrote:
       | Interesting how a company named crackin is run by a white guy.
       | makes you think.
        
         | expazl wrote:
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken
        
       | abbadadda wrote:
       | I've heard good things about Kraken. I'd be interested to learn
       | more about who the founders are and how reputable they seem, as
       | well as learning more about where the funding originates.
        
         | pedalpete wrote:
         | Along with Coinbase, my understanding is they are one of the
         | more reputable exchanges. Looks like they are the 3rd largest
         | exchange now behind Binance and Coinbase.
         | https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/
         | 
         | The founder moved from CEO to Chairman earlier this year. He's
         | always said they never have traded with customer funds, though
         | they have offered leverage to customers, I'm not sure how that
         | was accomplished, or what backed it.
         | 
         | https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/kraken-jesse-powell-
         | crypto....
        
       | Stention314 wrote:
       | Funny, imagine something like this would actually be regulated.
       | 
       | Mmhhh regulation to protect consumers... Mmhhh how could we make
       | this possible? Sounds unrealistic to regulate something as big as
       | a financial sector.
       | 
       | Perhaps PoR could be a solution to something so unregulatable? Or
       | perhaps just use what we have fine-tunes the last 100 years?...
        
       | rdtwo wrote:
       | Anyone holding crypto on exchanges is nuts.
        
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