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Kraken withdrawal holds

Kraken publishes 5 separate rules that stop a withdrawal. Each one is triggered by something you did, and each has its own length and its own scope — which is why "my account is locked" is usually the wrong description of what is happening.

Bought with a bank transfer through ACH Plaid

7 days

Only the amount you deposited or bought is held — the rest of your balance still moves

  • You can trade right now
  • You can still deposit
  • Cannot be shortened, including by support.

Seven days. Applies to cash or crypto equal to the amount purchased.

Funded with PayPal

3 days

Only the amount you deposited or bought is held — the rest of your balance still moves

  • You can trade right now
  • You can still deposit
  • Cannot be shortened, including by support.

Applies to each purchase separately.

Changed your password

24 hours

Only newly added addresses are blocked — addresses already on your account still work

  • You can trade right now
  • You can still deposit
  • You can still withdraw to addresses already on your account
  • Cannot be shortened, including by support.

Only withdrawals to new addresses are delayed. Addresses already on the account are unaffected.

Work out your exact date

Enter when you did it and get the moment the hold lifts, to the minute. Nothing you type leaves your browser.

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Nobody can speed this up

Holds run on a timer, not on a decision, and no support agent has a button for them. Anyone who contacts you offering to release your funds early — by any channel, for any fee — is running a scam. Kraken will never ask you to pay to unlock your own balance.

Related

Every figure here comes from Kraken's own help pages, last checked August 31, 2026. source 1, source 2

No wallet connection. No seed phrase. Read-only — we never ask for one, and no legitimate service ever will.