Fast and easy deposits for Canadian customers!

Starting today, our Canadian customers can fund their Bitstamp accounts using eCheck. What is an eCheck? An eCheck, also known as ACH (Automated Clearing House), is a direct debit from a...

Bank holiday - June 25th 2015

Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to national holiday, a Statehood day on Thursday the 25th of June 2015, Bitstamp's clearing system will not operate. Deposits and withdrawals will be processed on the...

Bank holidays - April 27th and May 1st

Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to the national holidays, Resistance Day on Monday April 27th and Labour Day on Friday May 1st, our banking partners and consequently the Bitstamp's payment clearing...

Reduced international wire transfer fees

Dear Bitstamp clients, Beginning March 31st, wire fees for deposits will be reduced by 50% from 0.10% to 0.05% and minimum fee from $15 to $7.5. This follows our March fee schedule...

Bank holiday April 3rd and 6th

Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to Easter holidays on Friday the 3rd and Monday the 6th of April 2015, the payment system TARGET2 and consequently the Bitstamp's payment clearing system will not...

Reduced fee schedule

Dear Bitstamp clients, We are introducing a simpler fee schedule that is designed to reduce costs to vast majority of our clients. This is the new fee schedule which will become effective on...

New Banking Details

Dear Bitstamp customers, we would like to let you know that Standard Chartered Bank, the intermediary bank of one of our banking partners, is no longer processing bitcoin-related payments through...

Relaunch FAQ

Why was the site down? As an additional security measure, we suspended our systems and disabled our website to preserve the forensic environment, to engage with authorities to fully investigate...