Cryptocurrency News & Market Updates
Kraken API Unlocked: FIX 4.4 — institutional connectivity on Kraken
TL;DR
FIX provides sticky session routing, meaning every message from your session follows the same path to the trading engine, guaranteeing order arrival sequence in a way WebSocket’s load-balanced connections can’t.
If your firm already runs FIX on traditional venues, the incremental work to connect Kraken to an existing stack is minimal, the same message types, the same gap-fill and replay mechanics, and a small set of crypto-specific differences to handle.
At some point, WebSocket stops being the right answer. Not because it’s slow; Kraken’s WebSocket v2 is competitive for most systematic strategies. But because it doesn’t offer the protocol-level guarantees that certain operations require
Apr 29, 2026 • 6 min read
Bitso launches xStocks’ tokenized equities, bringing Wall Street to Argentina
Apr 29, 2026 • 5 min read
Chart Decoder Series: Volume Profile – Where the Market Actually Trades
BTC pushed above $79K, breaking out of a two-month range and printing its highest levels since early February. The move didn’t come out of nowhere. Positioning had been building for weeks with institutional demand building through ETF inflows and large players consistently absorbing supply. As price broke higher fuelled by easing geopolitical tension, short positioning was caught offside, accelerating the move through a short squeeze.
Apr 29, 2026 • 9 min read
xStocks integrates with CoinRoutes to accelerate institutional multi-asset trading of tokenized equities
Apr 28, 2026 • 3 min read
HTX Copy Trading Leaderboard Launched: A One-Stop Hub for Discovering Top Lead Traders and Strategy Opportunities
Apr 28, 2026 • 2 min read
