Kraken experienced a one-hour connectivity and order placement outage affecting spot and derivatives trading across all interfaces on October 30.
Macro & Markets ·
Kraken experienced a one-hour outage affecting both spot and derivatives trading on October 30, with connectivity and order placement problems beginning at 02:42 UTC across all major platforms and interfaces. The exchange reported the issue through its status page, noting that users on the web, mobile app, and API endpoints—including REST, WebSocket, and FIX protocols—were unable to place orders during the incident.
The outage lasted until 03:42 UTC, at which point Kraken announced the issue had been resolved. No details were provided regarding the underlying cause of the connectivity failure, the number of affected users, or whether any trades or orders were lost or reversed during the disruption.