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...
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...
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...
Statement by Bitstamp regarding Mt Gox insolvency
Bitcoin Is Still Working and Still Has a Bright Future The worldwide peer-to-peer payment system and crypto-currency known as Bitcoin is not dependant on any one actor. The Bitcoin protocol...
Bitcoin withdrawals are once again fully automated
Dear Bitstamp clients, After rigorous testing, we have restored fully automated processing for Bitcoin withdrawals. Unforeseen incidents like this DoS attack against an edge case in the Bitcoin...
Bitcoin withdrawals processing soon
Dear Bitstamp clients, A denial-of-service attack caused us to suspend the processing of Bitcoin withdrawals. Bitstamp, with help from the Bitcoin core developers, has implemented a solution that...