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Coinsetter

New York bitcoin exchange founded in 2012 and fully absorbed into Kraken in January 2016.

CEXAcquiredAcquisition

Registry sequence

Key facts

Launch date
2012-01-01
Death date
2016-01-26
Years
2012–2016
Origin
United States
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-04-10

URL handling

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URL status
Unknown
Original URL
https://www.coinsetter.com/
Archived URL

Summary

New York bitcoin exchange founded in 2012 and fully absorbed into Kraken in January 2016.

Timeline

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

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Notes and record state

Record note
Death date uses Kraken's customer-transfer date rather than the initial acquisition announcement date.
Revision state
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