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Global Financial Service Disruptions

Bitso

crypto exchange · MX · Latin America

Market protectionStatus: resolvedTier 2Severity 1 of 5Evidence confidence: highAnalyst-verified

Bitso status page: "WMTX buy conversions disabled", from 20 Sep 16:34 UTC to 06 Oct 19:58 UTC. Began before the 1 Oct window.

First disruption
Sep 20 16:34 UTC
First public signal
Sep 20 16:34 UTC (status page post)
Acknowledged
Sep 20 16:34 UTC
Restored
Oct 6 19:58 UTC
Duration
387.4 hours
DFX first recorded
Nov 5 14:58 UTC

What was restricted

tradingScope: single service

WMTX buy conversions disabled

Cause, kept in separate layers

What the institution said
We are aware of a security incident affecting the WMTX token, which has caused significant price volatility. As a precaution, we have paused WMTX trading : only sell conversions are currently available. No other assets or account functions
DFX classification
Market protection (cyber: unconfirmed)
Conflicting reports
Start is the first status post, not necessarily the first disruption. Began before the 1 Oct window.

Evidence

Other restrictions at Bitso