For security reasons, we require cryptocurrency deposits to receive a number of confirmations on its blockchain before the funds can be credited to your account. Cryptocurrency confirmations and requirements FAQs.
Cryptocurrency availability
Some currencies listed below are not available in specific countries.
Kraken's confirmations requirements
| Cryptocurrency | Confirmations required |
Estimated Time* If included in the next block. |
|---|
| 0x (ZRX) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 1inch (1INCH) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Acala (ACA) | 25 confirmations | 4 minutes |
| Aave (AAVE) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
|
Adventure Gold (AGLD)
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
|
Akash (AKT)
|
N/A | Near-instant |
|
Alchemix (ALCX)
|
20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| 10 confirmations | 45 seconds | |
| Altair (AIR) | 25 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Ankr (ANKR) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| ApeCoin (APE) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| API3 (API3) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Aragon (ANT) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Astar (ASTR) | 25 confirmations | 2 minutes |
| Audius (AUDIO) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Augur (REP) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
|
Augur v2 (REPV2)
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
|
Avalanche (AVAX)
|
20 confirmations | 1 minute |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Balancer (BAL) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Bancor (BNT) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
|
Barnbridge (BOND)
|
20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Biconomy (BICO) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Bifrost (BNC) | 25 confirmations | 4 minutes |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | 4 confirmations | EST 40 minutes Dependent on Fee |
| Bitcoin (BTC Lightning Network) | N/A | Near-instant |
| 15 confirmations | 2.5 hours (150 minutes) | |
|
Bonfida (FIDA)
|
N/A | Near-instant |
| Cardano (ADA) | 15 confirmations | 10 minutes |
| Cartesi (CTSI) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Centrifuge (CFG) | 20 confirmations | 4 minutes |
| Chainlink (LINK) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Chiliz (CHZ) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Convex Finance (CVX) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| N/A | Near-instant | |
| Covalent (CQT) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Curve (CRV) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Dash (DASH) | 2 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| 40 confirmations | 40 minutes | |
| dYdX (DYDX) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 21 confirmations | 105 seconds | |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| EOS (EOS) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Ethereum (ETH) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 40,000 confirmations | 6.5 days | |
| Ethereum Naming Service (ENS) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Fetch.ai (FET) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Filecoin (FIL) | 200 confirmations | 100 minutes |
| Flow (FLOW) | 30 confirmations | 1 minute |
| Frax Share (FXS) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Gala Games (GALA) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Gari Network (GARI) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Gnosis (GNO) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Green Satoshi Token (GST) | N/A | Near-instant |
| ICON (ICX) | 3 confirmations | Near-instant |
| iExec (RLC) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Immutable X (IMX) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
|
Injective Protocol (INJ)
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
|
Internet Computer (ICP)
|
1 confirmation | Near-instant |
| Jasmy (JASMY) | 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| Karura (KAR) | 25 confirmations | 4 minutes |
| Kava (KAVA) | N/A | Near-instant |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Keep3r Network (KP3R) | 25 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| KeeperDAO | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| KILT (KILT) | 25 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Kin (KIN) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Kintsugi (KINT) | 25 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Kusama (KSM) | 25 confirmations | 2 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
|
Lido DAO (LDO)
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Lisk (LSK) | 303 confirmations | 51 minutes |
| Litecoin (LTC) | 12 confirmations | 30 minutes |
| Livepeer (LPT) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Loopring (LRC) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Maker (MKR) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Mango (MNGO) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Marinade SOL (MSOL) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Mask Network (MASK) | 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| Merit Circle (MC) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| My Neighbor Alice (ALICE) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Mina (MINA) | 15 confirmations | 60 minutes |
|
Mirror Protocol (MIR)
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Monero (XMR) | 15 confirmations | 30 minutes |
|
Moonbeam (GLMR)
|
25 confirmations | 4 minutes |
| 25 confirmations | 4 minutes | |
| Multichain (MULTI) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Nano (NANO) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Numberaire (NMR) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Nym (NYM) | N/A | Near-instant |
| 18 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
|
Orca (ORCA)
|
N/A | Near-instant |
| Orchid (OXT) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Oxygen (OXY) | N/A | Near-instant |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Phala (PHA) | 25 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| PlayDapp (PLA) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Polkadot (DOT) | 25 confirmations | 2 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Powerledger (POWR) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
|
pSTAKE
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Qtum (QTUM) | 100 confirmations | 60 minutes |
| Quant (QNT) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Rarible (RARI) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Raydium (RAY) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Render (RNDR) | 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Ripple (XRP) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Robonomics (XRT) | 25 confirmations | 2 minutes |
| Rubic (RBC) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Saber (SBR) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Samoyed Coin (SAMO) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Secret (SCRT) | 1 confirmation | Near-instant |
| Serum (SRM) | N/A | Near-instant |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Shiden (SDN) | 25 confirmations | 4 minutes |
| Siacoin (SC) | 6 confirmations | 60 minutes |
| Solana (SOL) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Songbird (SGB) | 60 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Spell Token (SPELL) | 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| Star Atlas (ATLAS) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Star Atlas DAO (POLIS) | N/A | Near-instant |
| N/A | Near-instant | |
|
Step Finance (STEP)
|
N/A | Near-instant |
| STEPN (GMT) | N/A | Near-instant |
| Storj (STORJ) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Sushi (SUSHI) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| SuperRare (RARE) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Synthetix (SNX) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| tBTC (TBTC) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Terra (LUNA) | N/A | Near-instant |
| TerraUSD (UST) | 1 confirmation | Near-instant |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| 20 confirmations | 2 minutes | |
| Tezos (XTZ) | 30 confirmations | 15 minutes |
| 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
|
| 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
|
|
Thorchain (RUNE)
|
1 confirmation |
Near-instant |
|
Threshold (T)
|
20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| Tokemak (TOKE) | 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| Tribe (TRIBE) | 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
| Tron (TRX) | 20 confirmations | 1 minute |
| Uniswap (UNI) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Universal Market Access (UMA) | 20 confirmations |
5 minutes |
|
USD Coin (USDC)
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 10 confirmations | 10 minutes | |
| Woo Network (WOO) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
|
Wrapped Ether (WETH)
|
20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| 20 confirmations | 5 minutes | |
| Yield Guild Games (YGG) | 20 confirmations | 5 minutes |
| Zcash (ZEC) | 24 confirmations | 60 minutes |
*Execution times can vary based on the conditions of the network, but approximate times are listed here. The time estimates assume that your transaction has been confirmed in the first block after the transaction was sent. If your transaction did not confirm in the first block possible, it may take significantly longer depending on network conditions.
Note that we are not able to affect the speed at which transactions are confirmed on their respective blockchains.
FAQs
What are confirmations?
When a transaction is broadcasted to the network, it has to wait to be included in a block by the miners. Once a transaction has been included in a mined block, the transaction has received one confirmation. With each subsequent block, the number of confirmations increases for the transaction.
Why are there confirmation requirements?
To avoid the risks of double spending, funds aren’t credited until a certain number of confirmations have taken place (as listed below).
The more confirmations received, the more permanent and irreversible the transaction is.
How long do confirmations take?
Each block is found at a different rate depending on the blockchain.
For example, on the Bitcoin blockchain, a block is mined on average every 10 minutes, and Kraken only credits Bitcoin deposits to a client’s account after four confirmations, which takes approximately 40 minutes.
However, sometimes it can take Bitcoin miners 30 or even 60 minutes to mine a single block (one confirmation). This is outside of Kraken's control.
What is the minimum amount needed to deposit?
Each cryptocurrency has a different minimum amount needed to deposit at Kraken.
Article last updated 5 May 2022 14:30 UTC