Kraken Exchange to Suspend Ethereum Trading Over DAO Hard Fork

[kreslik.news]

The process to hard fork the Ethereum blockchain is causing Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency trading venues in the world, to warn clients it will stop all ETH deposits and withdrawals until the dust settles. The block on which the hard fork will occur is set at 1920000, which is expected in a day or two, and Kraken said it will disable ETH trading approximately an hour before the activities start.

Answering about how long it could take, Kraken writes: “Although the process may go smoothly and quickly, we want everyone to understand that we will be very cautious about waiting for a ... (read more)