By Isaac • September 28, 2026 8:39 am •
Bitget has reopened Bitcoin withdrawals, but the exchange is doing so while investigators continue following stolen crypto across chains.
The timing matters. Customers can move BTC again, yet the attacker has not stopped moving.
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That makes this less of an all-clear than the first visible step in a much longer recovery.
Cointelegraph reported that Bitget restored Bitcoin-network withdrawals at 08:00 UTC on September 28 after a security breach valued at nearly $388 million. The exchange is bringing services back in phases rather than flipping every withdrawal rail on at once.
Bitget confirmed the restart directly and said it followed additional security work across its systems:
Bitget has begun the phased resumption of withdrawals following the
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