Kraken has given users until August 27, 2026, at 14:00 UTC to withdraw 21 digital assets scheduled for removal from the platform. After that cutoff, withdrawals will close and balances remaining on Kraken will enter an automatic liquidation process in September. Users who want to retain control of the affected assets must act before the withdrawal window closes, subject to whether the relevant blockchain remains operational.
The delisting cycle began after Kraken determined that the assets no longer met its internal performance and/or compliance standards. Trading and deposits were disabled on May 29 at 14:00 UTC, although some tokens had already stopped trading before that date. The August deadline is the final stage in a process that has already removed normal market access for the affected assets.
Automatic Liquidation Begins in September
The 21 assets are AURA, BIT, BOND, BSX, FARM, GARI, K, KET, KINTO, LOBO, MOON, MV, NYM, RAIIN, RHEA, SAROS, SDN, SPC, SPICE, TEA and TEER. Any balances still held after withdrawals close are scheduled for automatic liquidation between September 1 and September 5, with execution determined by prevailing market conditions rather than a price selected by the account holder.
Kraken has specifically warned that several of these assets trade in limited or inactive markets. As a result, liquidation prices could fall significantly below recent reference values, while insufficient liquidity could leave some balances generating minimal or even no proceeds. Automatic liquidation therefore carries material execution risk for holders who allow the deadline to pass.
TEER presents an additional complication. Kraken says the project has ceased operations and that on-chain transactions will not go through, while trading and funding remain suspended. TEER holders consequently face a different problem from ordinary delisting risk because the underlying network functionality needed to transfer the asset is no longer operating normally.
Delistings Put Custody Decisions Back on Users
The schedule illustrates a practical limitation of holding less-liquid assets on centralized exchanges. An exchange can discontinue support even while users retain economic ownership of their balances, forcing them to withdraw, convert or accept the platform’s liquidation process. Custody on an exchange therefore includes operational dependency on that venue’s continued willingness and ability to support an asset.
Kraken’s notice does not attribute the removals to one common regulatory event or technical failure. Instead, it says the assets failed to satisfy internal performance and/or compliance criteria, without publishing an individual rationale for each token. The delistings should therefore not be interpreted as evidence that all 21 assets share the same underlying problem.
The remaining timeline is straightforward. Withdrawals close at 14:00 UTC on August 27, followed by several days before the September 1-5 liquidation window begins. Once the withdrawal deadline passes, users will no longer be able to choose self-custody as an alternative to Kraken’s disposal process, making the August 27 cutoff the critical operational date for affected balances.
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