The Bitcoin community faces a relatively small volume of transactions made on the network. This is problematic because when an individual or a company wants to buy or sell a large quantity of Bitcoins, the transaction can dramatically affect the value of the digital currency.

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To help solve this problem, Kraken, a San Francisco-based Bitcoin exchange, has opened a dark pool for Bitcoin trading. Traders who use the dark pool will be able to make orders for Bitcoin without alerting other traders of their intent. Kraken clients who make dark pool orders will be charged an extra 0.1%. The minimum threshold for making a dark pool order at the time of this reporting is 50 Bitcoins, or about $11,500.

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