CAVIRTEX Bitcoin Withdrawals: Disabled Since Monday
What's going on over at Canadian Bitcoin exchange CAVIRTEX? On Monday, the exchange took to Twitter to announce that bitcoin withdrawals have been disabled. The reason? They needs to refill their hot wallet by bringing in coins from cold storage. Bitcoin withdrawals have been disabled as a result of refilling our hot wallet. Will be fixed shortly. Apologies for the inconvenience. - CAVIRTEX (@CAVIRTEX) October 6, 2014. In another tweet, the company said much the same: "Recent volume has resulted in our hot wallet running dry. We're moving coins from cold storage. Will be fixed shortly.....
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