Bitstamp’s Fifth Anniversary

Dear customers, Today is Bitstamp's 5th anniversary! Since starting out in a garage on 22 August 2011 with little more than a dream, we now serve customers all over the world from our offices in...

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...