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About Kraken Status
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Recent Incidents
Rain (RAIN) Delisting
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Sep 25 , 23:00 UTC - Sep 26 , 00:00 UTC Jun 3 , 16:18 UTC Scheduled - As part of our regular asset reviews, Kraken will begin a scheduled delisting cycle for RAIN. Key dates: - June 17 at 14:00 UTC: Deposits and trading will be disabled - September 15 at 14:00 UTC: Withdrawals will be disabled - September 15 to September 25: Any remaining balances will be liquidated Withdrawals will remain available until September 15 at 13:59 UTC. Review your portfolio and take any necessary action before this deadline. Depending on market conditions at the time of liquidation, prices may be significantly below recent reference prices and, in some cases, may result in minimal or no proceeds due to insufficient market liquidity at the time of execution. The denomination of liquidation proceeds is determined by prevailing market conditions and cannot be guaranteed or confirmed prior to execution.
Delisting assets for UAE clients
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Sep 25 , 12:00 UTC - Sep 26 , 12:00 UTC Jun 1 , 13:56 UTC Scheduled - As part of our regular asset reviews, Kraken will begin a scheduled delisting cycle for the following assets in the United Arab Emirates: XMR, ZEC, DASH, USDD, DAI, USDS, and USDE. Please check email communication for further details. Key dates (all times UTC): June 15 at 14:00 UTC: Open margin positions will be closed June 16 at 14:00 UTC: Deposits, trading, and margin will be disabled September 14 at 14:00 UTC: Withdrawals will be disabled September 15 to September 25: Any remaining balances will be liquidated Withdrawals will remain available until September 14 at 13:59 UTC. Review your portfolio and take any necessary action before this deadline. The denomination of liquidation proceeds is determined by prevailing market conditions and cannot be guaranteed or confirmed prior to execution.
AURA, BIT, BOND, BSX, FARM, GARI, K, KET, KINTO, LOBO, MOON, MV, NYM, RAIIN, RHEA, SAROS, SDN, SPC, SPICE, TEA, TEER Delisting
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Sep 5 , 23:00 UTC - Sep 6 , 00:00 UTC May 19 , 07:27 UTC Scheduled - As part of our regular asset reviews, Kraken will begin a scheduled delisting cycle for the following assets: AURA, BIT, BOND, BSX, FARM, GARI, K, KET, KINTO, LOBO, MOON, MV, NYM, RAIIN, RHEA, SAROS, SDN, SPC, SPICE, TEA, and TEER. Some of these assets are not currently available for trading. For those assets, the trading timeline below will not apply, but all other dates remain the same. TEER notice: TEER has ceased operations and on-chain transactions will not go through. Trading and funding for TEER is paused and will remain paused. Key dates: - May 29 at 14:00 UTC: Deposits and trading will be disabled - August 27 at 14:00 UTC: Withdrawals will be disabled - September 1 to September 5: Any remaining balances will be liquidated Withdrawals will remain available until August 27 at 13:59 UTC. Review your portfolio and take any necessary action before this deadline. Currently, several of these assets have limited or inactive markets. As a result, liquidation prices may be significantly below recent reference prices and, in some cases, may result in minimal or no proceeds due to insufficient market liquidity at the time of execution. The denomination of liquidation proceeds is determined by prevailing market conditions and cannot be guaranteed or confirmed prior to execution.
PLANCK, AIR, MICHI, FLY, ANLOG, TERM, and STRD Delisting.
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Aug 7 , 23:00 UTC - Aug 8 , 00:00 UTC Apr 22 , 13:23 UTC Scheduled - As part of our regular asset reviews, Kraken will begin a scheduled delisting cycle for the following assets: PLANCK, AIR, MICHI, FLY, ANLOG, TERM, and STRD. Key dates: May 1 at 14:00 UTC: Deposits and markets will be disabled July 31 at 14:00 UTC: Withdrawals will be disabled August 3 to August 7: Any remaining balances will be liquidated Withdrawals will remain available until July 31 at 13:59 UTC. We recommend reviewing your portfolio and taking any necessary action before this deadline. Several of these assets have limited or inactive markets. As a result, liquidation prices may be significantly below recent reference prices and, in some cases, may result in minimal or no proceeds due to insufficient market liquidity at the time of execution. The denomination of liquidation proceeds is determined by prevailing market conditions and cannot be guaranteed or confirmed prior to execution.
PLANCK, AIR, MICHI, FLY, ANLOG, TERM, STRD Delisting
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Aug 7 , 23:00 UTC - Aug 8 , 00:00 UTC May 7 , 01:43 UTC Scheduled - As part of our regular asset reviews, Kraken will begin a scheduled delisting cycle for the following assets: PLANCK, AIR, MICHI, FLY, ANLOG, TERM, and STRD. Key dates: May 1 at 14:00 UTC: Deposits and markets will be disabled July 31 at 14:00 UTC: Withdrawals will be disabled August 3 to August 7: Any remaining balances will be liquidated Withdrawals will remain available until July 31 at 13:59 UTC. We recommend reviewing your portfolio and taking any necessary action before this deadline. Several of these assets have limited or inactive markets. As a result, liquidation prices may be significantly below recent reference prices and, in some cases, may result in minimal or no proceeds due to insufficient market liquidity at the time of execution. The denomination of liquidation proceeds is determined by prevailing market conditions and cannot be guaranteed or confirmed prior to execution.
Order Entry System Update
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Jul 22 , 09:00 - 10:00 UTC Jul 20 , 11:12 UTC Scheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance to our order entry system on Wednesday, July 22tnd starting at approximately 09:00 UTC. This maintenance is expected to take up to 60 minutes. During this window, clients may experience the following: - Pro web/mobile/desktop clients may experience a very small number of rejected orders/order modifications. - Websocket clients may experience a small number of rejected orders/order modifications, and an increase in latency. - FIX clients will experience several seconds of continuously rejected orders/order modifications, and an increase in latency. No action is required on your end. We will post an update once maintenance is complete.
Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Maintenance
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Jul 21 , 00:00 - 02:00 UTC Jul 20 , 02:21 UTC Scheduled - We will be upgrading our Lightning node. During this maintenance deposits and withdrawals of Bitcoin (BTC) over Lightning network will be unavailable. Other BTC funding methods will be unaffected during this maintenance.
Zcash (ZEC) Funding Maintenance
Jul 16 , 20:41 UTC Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Jul 16 , 17:53 UTC In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Jul 16 , 17:52 UTC Scheduled - The Zcash (ZEC) funding gateway will be undergoing maintenance from 18:00 UTC today for approximately 2 hours. Deposits and withdrawals will be unavailable - transfers made during this time will be processed shortly after the maintenance is complete. We will provide updates as necessary.
Delays generating invoices for EVM / ETH
Jul 16 , 08:06 UTC Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Jul 16 , 06:40 UTC Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Jul 16 , 06:29 UTC Identified - The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. Jul 16 , 06:18 UTC Investigating - We're currently investigating an issue that is preventing invoices for EVM / ETH based assets from being generated. Affected customers may be unable to create or download these invoices at this time. Other services are unaffected. We're working to identify the cause and will provide an update shortly.
Banking Circle - Funding Delays
Jul 16 , 11:30 UTC Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Jul 16 , 08:17 UTC Monitoring - A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Jul 16 , 04:59 UTC Investigating - We have identified an issue with the Banking Circle funding gateway. Withdrawals and Deposits may be delayed at this time for EUR SEPA and GBP. We are working diligently to resolve the issue and will keep you updated.
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