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‘Get out of US warzone,’ Kraken founder warns crypto firms after SEC action

Kraken’s former chief Jesse Powell called the SEC ‘America’s top decel’ following enforcement action for unregistered securities.

Kraken founder promoted Custodia’s doomed bank and stablecoin

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell has supported shadowy stablecoin Tether since 2018. Curiously, he supported Custodia and its doomed projects, too.

Kraken agrees to pay $30 million and discontinue offering staking-as-a-service in settlement with the SEC.

Kraken head of strategy Thomas Perfumo appeared on CoinDesk TV one hour before Bloomberg broke news of an SEC probe into the crypto exchange.

The move to close its Abu Dhabi office is likely part of Kraken’s wider cost-cutting measures that have seen it lay off most of its MENA team.