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Required Legal Notice: Virtual currencies, real risks. The only guarantee in crypto is risk. Warning: The value of your virtual currencies can rise or fall sharply, and your initial investment may be lost completely; virtual currencies are not covered by the guarantee funds that cover bank deposits; there is no legal mechanism on the virtual currencies market to prevent market manipulation or insider dealing; virtual currencies depend entirely on a specific computer technology and infrastructure, which in certain cases may be very recent and not yet adequately tested; if one loses the identification code or password giving access to the virtual wallet in which the virtual currency is stored, the currency held therein will be irretrievably lost; virtual currencies are currently accepted as a means of payment to a limited extent, and in most countries there is no legal obligation to accept them; for more information about the risks associated with an investment in virtual currencies, we advise you to read the Wikifin page What is a cryptocurrency? | Wikifin.

What is Step-up 2FA?

Last updated: 2 красавіка 2025 г.

Sign-in 2FA required to use & activate Step-up 2FA:

For Step-up 2FA to be effective, you must have sign-in 2FA enabled on your account! If you don’t have this security feature enabled yet, we strongly encourage you to do so. Read here for more info on how to set it up.

Step-up 2FA is an extra step that is required anytime you want to add, edit or remove any 2FA settings on your account. Once a change to your Kraken account is requested, you will be prompted to confirm your sign-in 2FA again via the 6-digit code from your authenticator app or via your Hardware Security Key. The code must be entered correctly before any changes can be made to the 2FA settings on your account.

If enabled, Passkeys and/or Master Key can be selected as Step-up 2FA methods for approving changes to your 2FA settings.

Note: If you have the Global Settings Lock (GSL) enabled, you won’t be able to change any of your security settings and Step-up 2FA won’t be displayed or available as the GSL is considered the strongest security feature we currently offer.

What is Step-up 2FA?

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