We are excited to officially announce that Julian Sawyer has become Bitstamp’s new CEO, taking over from our founder, Nejc Kodrič. Nejc remains an integral part of Bitstamp, but has transitioned...

We’ve introduced an additional layer of protection for the digital assets held at Bitstamp. In addition to existing cold wallet insurance, Bitstamp customers are now protected with a separate...

We’re excited to be adding three new assets to our exchange in the month of October! Chainlink (LINK) – the token powering a decentralized oracle network, USD Coin (USDC) – a stablecoin fully...

Due to the upcoming federal US holiday on Monday, October 12, 2020, Bitstamp’s USD bank payment clearing system will be closed. All USD deposits and withdrawals will be processed on the next...

Due to scheduled infrastructure upgrades, Bitstamp will be temporarily unavailable on Wednesday, 23 September 2020. We will begin performing the upgrades at approximately 10 AM UTC and the...

We’ve finished implementing a state-of-the-art matching engine from Nasdaq. This major tech upgrade allows us to greatly improve the performance of our exchange and provides the foundation for a...

Due to the upcoming federal US holiday on Monday, 7 September 2020, Bitstamp’s USD bank payment clearing system will be closed. All USD deposits and withdrawals will be processed on the next...

We are broadening the scope of digital assets we’re exploring for potential listing at Bitstamp, in order to provide our customers with a greater range of trading options and reflect the ongoing...

We are broadening the scope of digital assets we’re exploring for potential listing at Bitstamp, in order to provide our customers with a greater range of trading options and reflect the ongoing growth of the cryptocurrency industry.

UPDATE 25 Nov 2020 Due to continued and rising congestion on the Ethereum blockchain, we are temporarily increasing our withdrawal fees for certain cryptocurrencies that make use of Ethereum, to...