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Coinsetter

U.S.-based bitcoin exchange and trading platform acquired by Kraken in January 2016 as part of Kraken's North American expansion alongside CAVIRTEX.

CEXAcquiredAcquisition
Also known as: Coinsetter Inc., Coinsetter Exchange

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Key facts

Launch date
2012-01-01
Death date
2016-01-26
Years
2012–2016
Origin
United States
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-05-23

URL handling

Preferred action
Use current URL handling based on status below.
URL status
Unknown
Original URL
https://www.coinsetter.com/
Archived URL

Summary

U.S.-based bitcoin exchange and trading platform acquired by Kraken in January 2016 as part of Kraken's North American expansion alongside CAVIRTEX.

Timeline

Coinsetter founded
2012-01-01launchedmedium

Coinsetter operated as a U.S.-based bitcoin exchange and trading platform during the early regulated-exchange period.

Kraken acquisition announced
2016-01-19acquiredhigh

Kraken announced the Coinsetter acquisition on 2016-01-19 and stated that client accounts would be transferred on 2016-01-26.

Evidence

Kraken Blog2016-01-19official_bloghigh reliabilityeventarchive
Kraken Blog2016-12-22official_bloghigh reliabilityownershiparchive
Crunchbasedatabase_referencemedium reliabilityentityarchive
Kraken Blog2016-01-19official_statementhigh reliabilityeventarchive
CoinDesk2016-01-19news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
Reuters2016-01-19news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive

Notes and record state

Record note
Death date uses Kraken's customer-transfer date rather than the initial acquisition announcement date.
Revision state
Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.
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