Have noticed that Kraken never seem to be effected by any of these bullshit issues and come out on top everytime yet their volume is still so low

Kraken is top a noch exchange, i would say it's the better out there, they only thing they are missing is volume. They where not affected by the malleability issue also.
Indeed, everything to do with Kraken so far was perfect. Maybe volume is low, because volume is low? Meaning, they are unattractive for bigger investors as they could not act without giant slippage.
i think most people prefer to trade in usd and kraken is mainly euro. but overall its a good exchange.