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...
Product NewsFeb. 25, 2014
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...
Product NewsFeb. 15, 2014
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...
Product NewsFeb. 14, 2014
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...
Product NewsFeb. 11, 2014
Bitcoin withdrawal processing suspended
Dear Bitstamp users Bitstamp’s exchange software is extremely cautious concerning Bitcoin transactions. Currently it has suspended processing Bitcoin withdrawals due to inconsistent results...
Product NewsJan. 31, 2014
Scheduled downtime
Dear Bitstamp users, In order to upgrade Bitstamp's system and perform scheduled system maintenance we would like to inform you that our site will be unavailable on Sunday, Feb. 2nd 2014, between...