US-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has made the decision to to begin offering support for Cosmos (ATOM), a cryptocurrency based on the Tendermint consensus protocol. Trading will begin today, April 22nd, and will be offered in five pairs: ATOM/USD, ATOM/EUR, ATOM/CAD, ATOM/BTC, and ATOM/ETH.
Kraken is listing Cosmos (ATOM) on Monday, April 22nd. Find out more here:
— Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx)
The announcement of the listing does not seem to have had any major positive effect on the price of Cosmos, which had fallen nearly 17 percent over the last 24 hours at the time of writing. Cosmos’ market cap was $1.06 billion, down from $1.2 billion less than 24 hours before.
Kraken became embroiled in a bit of controversy last week when its CEO, Jesse Powell, declared that the exchange would be, the cryptocurrency created by . Wright has proclaimed that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. At the same time, Powell announced that Kraken will “probably” begin listing two new coins each month starting in May.
JUST ! Kraken is delisting Bitcoin SV amid controversy, but the exchange plans to list 2 coins per month starting in May
— Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank)
It seemed that the fact that Wright’s proclamations were not taken very seriously by most people in the cryptosphere really started to get under his skin last week, because he made the decision to begin taking legal action against individuals who denied that he is Satoshi.
As a result of the legal actions and threats that Wright has made, , including Kraken. Kraken also took a Twitter poll that found that users think BSV is ‘toxic’, although it’s not clear what that means on a practical level. The de-listings caused a major price crash for BSV.
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