Product NewsAug. 12, 2014
Bank Holiday - August 15th
Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to a national holiday, the Assumption Day on Friday the 15th of August 2014, Bitstamp's clearing system will not operate. Deposits and withdrawals will be processed...
Scheduled downtime - Friday, 11th of July
Dear Bitstamp clients, due to network and hardware maintenance our service will be disrupted or unavailable on 11 July 2014 between 6:00am to 8:00am CET (GMT +2:00). Best regards, Bitstamp team
Product NewsJun. 23, 2014
Bank holiday - June 25th
Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to national holiday, a Statehood day on Wednesday the 25th of June 2014, Bitstamp's clearing system will not operate. Deposits and withdrawals will be processed on the...
Product NewsMay. 27, 2014
Bitstamp BTC Proof of Reserves, May 2014
Dear Bitstamp clients, To reassure clients, Bitstamp regularly performs a procedure to prove its BTC reserves. On May 24th, 2014, Mike Hearn of Vinumeris GmbH, bitcoin core developer and...
Bitstamp minimum trade changing to $5.00
Dear Bitstamp clients, On May 15th, 2014 the minimum trade amount will be changed to $5.00. Bitstamp’s accounting system rounds trading fees to pennies. To greatly reduce the impact of this...
Product NewsApr. 29, 2014
Bank holidays - May 1st and 2nd
Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to the Labour day holidays on Thursday and Friday the 1st and 2nd of May 2014, the payment system TARGET2 and consequently the Bitstamp's clearing payment system will...
Product NewsApr. 15, 2014
Bank holidays - April 18th and 21st
Dear Bitstamp clients, Due to Easter holidays on Friday 18th and Monday 21st of April 2014, the payment system TARGET2 and consequently the Bitstamp's clearing payment system will not operate. ...
Update regarding OpenSSL vulnerability
Dear Bitstamp Clients, Bitstamp is now secure from the reported OpenSSL vulnerability. Account registration and login functionality have been restored. All API keys have been reset. Finally,...
Statement regarding OpenSSL vulnerability
Dear Bitstamp Clients, After vulnerabilities were reported in OpenSSL, we applied necessary patches to our system. Incapsula, our DDOS mitigation provider is still working patching their system. ...
Statement regarding recent third party audit report
Dear Bitstamp clients, On November 22nd and 23rd, 2013 an on site due diligence was carried out in respect of Bitstamp Ltd. on behalf of a 3rd party. Bitstamp’s balance of BTC was validated by...