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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.
Derivatives Platform Maintenance
THIS IS A SCHEDULED EVENT Aug 13 , 07:00 - 07:10 UTC Aug 12 , 10:44 UTC Scheduled - The Derivatives platform will be unavailable for approximately 10 minutes on Thursday (August 13th) at 07:00 UTC as we perform site maintenance. There will be a period of 'post-only' once the platform is back online and checks are being completed.
Bitcoin (BTC) - Lightning Funding Maintenance
Aug 13 , 07:09 UTC Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug 12 , 00:00 UTC In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug 4 , 19:19 UTC Scheduled - Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning funding will be unavailable from 00:00 UTC on August 12 for up to 24 hours while we migrate operations to a new Lightning node. This affects Lightning deposits and withdrawals only. On-chain Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals will remain available. Once the new node is online, clients can open channels by following instructions here: https://support.kraken.com/articles/9829766858260 We will provide updates as necessary.
USD Deposit and Withdrawals degraded performance due to a vendor maintenance.
Aug 12 , 00:51 UTC Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug 11 , 21:10 UTC In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug 10 , 16:48 UTC Scheduled - Due to vendor maintenance the following deposit and withdrawal methods will be unavailable between 21:10–21:40 UTC: • United States - Bank Transfer (FedWire) — deposits and withdrawals • United States - Bank Transfer (ACH) — new deposits unavailable; in-progress deposits and withdrawals delayed • Deposit instruction requests will be temporarily unavailable. Wires sent to Kraken during the window will be credited once maintenance completes. Plaid ACH remains available as an alternative for USD deposits. All other funding methods are unaffected.
Dual Investment Maintenance
Aug 11 , 09:15 UTC Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug 11 , 09:00 UTC In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug 10 , 16:13 UTC Scheduled - We will be undergoing scheduled Dual Investment maintenance, opening new positions will be disabled for around 10 minutes. No other impact is expected. We will provide updates as necessary.
PLANCK, AIR, MICHI, FLY, ANLOG, TERM, STRD Delisting
Aug 8 , 00:00 UTC Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. 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.
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.
Dual Investment Maintenance
Aug 7 , 09:47 UTC Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed. Aug 7 , 09:30 UTC In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Aug 6 , 09:21 UTC Scheduled - We will be undergoing scheduled Dual Investment maintenance, opening new positions will be disabled for around 10 minutes. No other impact is expected. We will provide updates as necessary.
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