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Issues with USD Instant Buy/Sell transactions

Degraded Lasted 19m · started · Kraken's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Components
Website, Kraken App
Down Index
15of 100

What to do

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  • Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 19m it lasted.

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Updates from Kraken 3

  1. identified

    We are currently investigating an issue affecting some USD transactions via Instant Buy/Sell on Kraken.com and the Kraken mobile app. Some clients may experience failed transactions when using Instant Buy/Sell for USD purchases or sales. The impact may vary by transaction size and market conditions. Kraken Pro trading is not affected. We are working to resolve the issue and will provide updates as soon as more information is available.

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  2. monitoring

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

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  3. resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about DWN-2bee04177d

Is Kraken still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-05-23 09:26 UTC. For Kraken's live state, see https://down.guide/kraken.

How long did it last?

19m, from 2026-05-23 09:07 UTC to 2026-05-23 09:26 UTC, by the times Kraken posted.

What was affected?

Kraken named Website, Kraken App.

What caused it?

Kraken hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

Kraken's official status page, https://status.kraken.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.