Critical incident

Bitstamp: Trading has been halted for all markets.

Affected: Trading

Current status of Bitstamp: Operational — live Bitstamp status

Timeline

1. Aug 5, 2026, 09:14 UTC
   investigating
   Trading has been halted for all markets. We are currently investigating the issue.
2. Aug 5, 2026, 09:43 UTC
   investigating
   Issue has been resolved. We switched into post-only mode. We will enable full trading at 11:50 CEST (9:50 UTC).
3. Aug 5, 2026, 09:53 UTC
   resolved
   Full trading has been re-enabled. This incident is now resolved.

Updates as published by Bitstamp (original).