Bank holiday August 15th 2016
Dear Bitstamp clients, due to the Assumption of Mary national holiday on Monday, August 15th 2016, Bitstamp's bank payments clearing system will not operate. Bank deposits and withdrawals will...
Our take on the Bitfinex incident
The bitcoin exchange, Bitfinex, suffered a security breach on 2 August 2016, resulting in a loss of BTC 119,756 (USD 80 million). We of course hope that this issue will be resolved quickly and...
eCheck and Credit Cards temporarily unavailable
Dear Clients, Bitstamp's payments provider, Vogogo, is shutting down its payment processing business. We have scheduled a temporary downtime for both, our Bitcoin Credit Card purchase and eCheck...
Bitstamp launches EUR/USD trading
Dear Bitstamp clients, We are excited to announce that our clients can now use our new EUR/USD trading pair. The new trading pair allows for better mobility of funds and new arbitrage...
Bitcoin purchase with Credit Card now available in 27 EU Countries
Dear Bitstamp clients, We're thrilled to inform you that we are expanding our services to all 27 European Union countries. As part of our mission to make bitcoin a truly global currency we now...
Bank holidays - April 27th and May 2nd
Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to the national holidays, Day of Uprising Against Occupation on Wednesday April 27th and Labour Day on Monday May 2nd, our banking partners and consequently Bitstamp's...
Bank holiday March 25th and 28th 2016
Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to Easter holidays on Friday the 25th and Monday the 28th of March 2016, the payment system TARGET2 and consequently the Bitstamp's payment clearing system will not...
Sub Accounts now available on Bitstamp
Dear Bitstamp clients, we are pleased to announce that Bitstamp now supports Sub Accounts. This new feature allows Bitstamp clients to create custom named Sub Accounts and enables simpler...
BANK HOLIDAY - 8 FEBRUARY 2016
Dear Bitstamp clients, we would like to inform you that on Monday, 8th of February 2016, Slovenian banks will be closed due to a holiday, Prešeren Day...
Bitcoin purchase with Credit Card now also available in Germany and Italy
Dear Bitstamp clients, We’re happy to inform you that we now support buying bitcoin with Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards for our users located in Germany and Italy. This buying method...