TL;DR
Kraken has integrated Magma Devs' Smart Router into its production infrastructure to add an extra routing and resiliency layer on top of its existing blockchain systems - improving reliability, uptime, and data accuracy during peak market activity.
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Why Kraken needed Smart Router
As crypto markets continue to scale, exchanges are expected to operate systems that are not only fast, but resilient and secure under stress. During 2025, global crypto transactions passed $2 trillion, driven largely by regulatory adoption and increased activity across global trading venues like Kraken. This growth means exchanges must handle more data, faster, and with fewer interruptions.
To meet this demand, Kraken has deployed Smart Router into its production infrastructure, adding an additional routing and resiliency layer on top of its existing systems. Smart Router monitors, ranks, and dynamically routes requests across multiple RPC providers, helping maintain performance and continuity at global scale.
How it works
Kraken integrates Magma Devs' Smart Router as an additional layer on top of its existing infrastructure. The system continuously monitors multiple blockchain data sources and automatically routes requests to the most reliable and performant providers in real time. This approach improves uptime, data accuracy, and resilience during peak trading periods or infrastructure disruptions.
Bringing institutional-grade reliability to blockchain infrastructure
"Our clients expect a secure and seamless experience whatever the market is doing, and holding that bar takes constant investment in the systems beneath the surface. We work with specialist partners like Magma where they can strengthen what we already operate, and Smart Router adds another layer of resilience to our on-chain infrastructure. The result is the one that matters: a steadier, more reliable experience for our clients."
Brett McLain, VP & Head of Payments & Blockchain
About Kraken
Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms globally. Kraken clients trade more than 500 digital assets, traditional assets such as U.S. futures and U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and 6 different national currencies, including GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, CHF, and AUD. Trusted by millions of institutions, professional traders and consumers, Kraken is one of the fastest, most liquid and performant trading platforms available.
Kraken's suite of products and services includes the Kraken App, Kraken Pro, the Krak App, Kraken Institutional, Kraken's onchain offerings and the NinjaTrader retail trading platform. Across these offerings, clients can buy, sell, stake, earn rewards, send and receive assets, custody holdings, and access advanced trading, derivatives, and portfolio management tools.
Kraken has set the industry standard for transparency and client trust, and it was the first crypto platform to conduct Proof of Reserves. It complies with regulations and laws applicable to its business, while actively protecting client privacy and maintaining the highest security standards. For more information about Kraken, visit www.kraken.com.
About Magma Devs
Magma Devs builds enterprise-grade infrastructure for organizations that depend on reliable, always-on blockchain connectivity. The team develops Smart Router, an enterprise RPC orchestration layer that enables high-performance, multi-chain operations without the operational burden of complex in-house solutions.
Magma Devs is comprised of experienced founders and technical leaders with deep hands-on expertise designing and operating large-scale blockchain and RPC infrastructure.
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