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Cryptocurrency deposit processing times

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

CryptocurrencyConfirmations requiredEstimated Time* If included in the next block.
0x (ZRX)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
1inchApproximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Aave (AAVE)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Aavegotchi (GHST)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Acala (ACA)N/ANear-instant
Adventure Gold (AGLD)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Akash (AKT)N/ANear-instant
Alchemix (ALCX)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Alchemy Pay (ACH)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Algorand (ALGO)10 confirmations45 seconds
Alien Worlds (TLM)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Altair (AIR)N/ANear-instant
Ambire AdEx (ADX)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Ampleforth Governance Token (FORTH)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Ankr (ANKR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
ApeCoin (APE)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
API3 (API3)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Aptos (APT)50 confirmations5 minutes
Aragon (ANT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Arbitrum (ARB)40 confirmations15 minutes
Arpa Chain (ARPA)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Astar (ASTR)25 confirmations2 minutes
Audius (AUDIO)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Augur (REP)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Augur v2 (REPV2)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Avalanche (AVAX)20 confirmations1 minute
Aventus (AVT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Axie Infinity (AXS)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Badger DAO (BADGER)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Balancer (BAL)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Bancor (BNT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Band Protocol (BAND)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Barnbridge (BOND)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Basic Attention Token (BAT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Basilisk (BSX)N/ANear-instant
Biconomy (BICO)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Bifrost (BNC)N/ANear-instant
Bitcoin (BTC)3 confirmations EST 40 minutes Dependent on Fee
Bitcoin (BTC Lightning Network)N/ANear-instant
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)15 confirmations2.5 hours (150 minutes)
BitDAO (BIT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Bittorrent (BTT)20 confirmations2 minutes
Blur (BLUR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Bluzelle (BLZ)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Boba Network (BOBA)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Bonfida (FIDA)N/ANear-instant
Bricks (BRICK)40 confirmations15 minutes
Cardano (ADA)15 confirmations10 minutes
Cartesi (CTSI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Celer Network (CELR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
CelestiaN/A2 minutes
Centrifuge (CFG)N/ANear-instant
Chain (XCN)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Chainlink (LINK)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Chiliz (CHZ)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Chromia (CHR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Civic (CVC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
COTI (COTI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Compound (COMP)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Coin98 (C98)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Convex Finance (CVX)20 confirmations5 minutes
Cosmos (ATOM)N/ANear-instant
Covalent (CQT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Crust Shadow (CSM)N/ANear-instant
Curve (CRV)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Dai (DAI) Arbitrum One network40 confirmations15 minutes
Dai (DAI) (Ethereum network)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Dai (DAI) Polygon network250 confirmations5 minutes
Dash (DASH)2 confirmations5 minutes
Decentraland (MANA)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Dent (DENT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Dogecoin (DOGE)40 confirmations40 minutes
dYdX (DYDX)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Energy Web Token (EWT)21 confirmations105 seconds
Enjin Coin (ENJ)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Enzyme Finance (MLN)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
EOS (EOS)N/ANear-instant
EthereumPoW (ETHW)20,000 confirmations~3-4 days
Ethereum (ETH) Arbitrum One40 confirmations14 minutes
Ethereum (ETH) Arbitrum Nova40 confirmations~25 minutes
Ethereum (ETH) (Ethereum Network)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Ethereum (ETH) Polygon Network250 confirmations~10 minutes
Ethereum (ETH) Optimism Network40 confirmations1 hour, 30 minutes
Ethereum (ETH) zkSync Era***7,200 confirmations~ 24 hours
Ethereum Classic (ETC)2,880 confirmations12 hours
Ethereum Name Service (ENS)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Euler (EUL)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Fantom (FTM)1 confirmationNear-instant
Fetch.ai (FET)N/ANear-instant
Filecoin (FIL)200 confirmations100 minutes
Flare (FLR)60 confirmations~ 2 minutes
Flow (FLOW)30 confirmations1 minute
Frax Share (FXS)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Gala Games (GALA)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Galxe (GAL)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Gari Network (GARI)N/ANear-instant
Genshiro (GENS)  N/ANear-instant
GensoKishi Metaverse (MV)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Gitcoin (GTC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
GMX (GMX)40 confirmations15 minutes
Gnosis (GNO)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Green Satoshi Token (GST)N/ANear-instant
Harvest Finance (FARM)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Hashflow (HFT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
HydraDX (HDX)25 confirmations6 minutes
ICON (ICX)3 confirmationsNear-instant
IDEX (IDEX)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
iExec (RLC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Immutable X (IMX)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Injective (INJ)N/ANear-instant
Integritee (TEER)N/ANear-instant
Interlay (INTR)N/ANear-instant
Internet Computer (ICP)1 confirmationNear-instant
Jasmy (JASMY)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

JUNO (JUNO)N/A

Near-instant

Karura (KAR)N/ANear-instant
Kava (KAVA)N/ANear-instant
KeeperDAO (ROOK)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Keep Network (KEEP)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Keep3r Network (KP3R)25 confirmations5 minutes
KILT (KILT)N/ANear-instant
Kin (KIN)N/ANear-instant
Kintsugi (KINT)N/ANear-instant
Kusama (KSM)N/ANear-instant
Kyber Network (KNC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Lido DAO (LDO)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange (LCX)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
LimeWire Token (LMWR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Lisk (LSK)303 confirmations51 minutes
Litecoin (LTC)12 confirmations30 minutes
Livepeer (LPT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Loopring (LRC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Maker (MKR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Mango (MNGO)N/ANear-instant
Marlin (POND)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Marinade SOL (MSOL)N/ANear-instant
Mask Network (MASK)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Merit Circle (MC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Mina (MINA)15 confirmations60 minutes
Mirror Protocol (MIR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Monero (XMR)15 confirmations30 minutes
Moonbeam (GLMR)N/ANear-instant
Moonriver (MOVR)N/ANear-instant
Moons (MOON)40 confirmations15 minutes
Multichain (MULTI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
MultiversX (EGLD)1 confirmationNear-instant
MXC (MXC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
My Neighbor Alice (ALICE)Approximately 70 confirmations5 minutes
Nano (NANO)N/ANear-instant
Near Protocol (NEAR)102 blocksUnder 2 minutes
Nodle (NODL)N/ANear-instant
Numeraire (NMR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Nym (NYM)N/ANear-instant
Ocean (OCEAN)18 confirmations5 minutes
OMG Network (OMG)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Optimism (OP)Approximately 40 confirmations1 hour, 30 minutes
Orca (ORCA)N/ANear-instant
Orchid (OXT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Origin Protocol (OGN)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
OriginTrail (OTP)N/ANear-instant
Oxygen (OXY)N/ANear-instant
Parallel Finance (PARA)N/ANear-instant
PAX Gold (PAXG)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
PayPal USD (PYUSD)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Pepe (PEPE)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Perpetual Protocol (PERP)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Phala (PHA)N/ANear-instant
Picasso (PICA)N/ANear-instant
PlayDapp (PLA)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Polkadot (DOT)N/ANear-instant
Polkastarter (POLS)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Polygon (MATIC), (Ethereum network)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Polygon (MATIC), (Polygon Network)450 confirmations~ 9 minutes
Powerledger (POWR)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
pSTAKEApproximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Pyth NetworkN/ANear-instant
Qtum (QTUM)100 confirmations60 minutes
Quant (QNT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Radicle (RAD)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Rarible (RARI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Raydium (RAY)N/ANear-instant
Render (RNDR)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

REN Protocol (REN)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Request (REQ)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Ripple (XRP)N/ANear-instant
Robonomics (XRT)N/ANear-instant
Rocket Pool (RPL)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Rubic (RBC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Saber (SBR)N/ANear-instant
Samoyed Coin (SAMO)N/ANear-instant
Secret (SCRT)1 confirmationNear-instant
Sei (SEI)0 confirmationNear-instant
SelfKey (KEY)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Serum (SRM)N/ANear-instant
Shiba Inu (SHIB)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Shiden (SDN)N/ANear-instant
Siacoin (SC)6 confirmations60 minutes
Solana (SOL)N/ANear-instant
Songbird (SGB)60 confirmations5 minutes
Spell Token (SPELL)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Stacks (STX)4 confirmations

 EST 40 minutes

StaFi Protocol (FIS)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Star Atlas (ATLAS)N/ANear-instant
Star Atlas DAO (POLIS) N/A Near-instant
Stargate Finance (STG)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Stella (ALPHA)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Stellar Lumens (XLM)N/ANear-instant
Step Finance (STEP)N/ANear-instant
STEPN (GMT)N/ANear-instant
Storj (STORJ)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Sui (SUI)N/ANear-instant
SuperFarm (SUPER)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
SuperRare (RARE)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Sushi (SUSHI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Swipe (SXP)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Synapse (SYN)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Synthetix (SNX)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
tBTC (TBTC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Terra 2.0 (LUNA2)N/ANear-instant
Terra Classic (LUNA)N/ANear-instant
TerraUSD Classic (UST)1 confirmationNear-instant
Terra Virtua Kolect (TVK)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Tether EURt (EURT)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Tether USD (USDT) Arbitrum One network40 confirmations15 minutes
Tether USD (USDT) Ethereum networkApproximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Tether USD (USDT) Optimism network40 confirmations90 minutes
Tether USD (USDT) Polygon network250 confirmations5 minutes
Tether USD (USDT) Solana networkN/ANear-instant
Tether USD (USDT) Tron network20 confirmations2 minutes
Tezos (XTZ)6 confirmations3 minutes
The Graph (GRT)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

The Sandbox (SAND)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Thorchain (RUNE)1 confirmation

 Near-instant

Threshold (T)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Tokemak (TOKE)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

Tron (TRX)20 confirmations1 minute
TrueFi (TRU)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
TrueUSD (TUSD)20 confirmations2 minutes
Uniswap (UNI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Unifi Protocol DAO (UNFI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Universal Market Access (UMA)Approximately 70 confirmations

14 minutes

USD Coin (USDC) Arbitrum One**40 confirmations15 minutes
USD Coin (USDC) Ethereum networkApproximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
USD Coin (USDC) Optimism network40 confirmations90 minutes
USD Coin (USDC**) Polygon network250 confirmations5 minutes
USD Coin (USDC) Solana networkN/ANear-instant
USD Coin (USDC) Tron network20 confirmations1 minute
Waves (WAVES)10 confirmations10 minutes
Woo Network (WOO)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Wrapped Ether (WETH)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Wrapped Axelar (WAXL)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Yearn Finance (YFI)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Yield Guild Games (YGG)Approximately 70 confirmations14 minutes
Zcash (ZEC)150 confirmations60 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: as a security measure during the alpha phase, 7,200 confirmations (typically 24 hours) on layer 1 are required before the funds are available for trading.

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: 7 December 2023 15:30 UTC