Bitget Phased Withdrawal Restart: Schedule (UTC+8) and Checks for Taiwan Users

Bitget suspended withdrawals on 24 September 2026 after detecting unauthorised transfers from some of its hot wallets, and on 26 September it published a phased restart. In Taiwan time (UTC+8) every phase lands at 16:00 local: BTC on 28 September, ETH on 29 September, USDT on 30 September, and other tokens, fiat and P2P on 2 October; the same order applies to all users without preference.

Withdrawal restart schedule (UTC+8)

The table below follows Bitget Support Center, “Bitget to Resume Withdrawals in Phases” (26 September 2026, 03:55 UTC). The original table is in UTC; Taiwan is UTC+8 and does not observe daylight saving, so every phase is 16:00 on the same calendar day in Taiwan.

The same notice says users do not need to take any action ahead of the rollout and that withdrawal availability will be reflected directly on the Bitget platform; deposits and trading have continued through the pause. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen will also host a live AMA at 07:30 UTC on 28 September, which is 15:30 Taiwan time the same day.

Four things Taiwan users should check

1. Trust official notices only. News about restored withdrawals appears only in the Bitget Support Center and inside the platform; a message, email or external link claiming that withdrawals have resumed is not an official notice. Type the official address yourself and check the Support Center, and never hand over verification codes, a recovery phrase or a private key.
2. Match the asset to the network. Before withdrawing, confirm the pair: this time USDT runs on Ethereum, BSC, Solana and Tron; ETH on Ethereum, BSC, Arbitrum, Base and Optimism; BTC on the Bitcoin network. The network shown on screen has to match the asset you hold.
3. Fiat and P2P come last. Until 2 October 16:00 Taiwan time, fiat and P2P are still in the final batch; if you need that channel, confirm the phase has actually started before you plan a payment.
4. Keep the records. Save one copy each of the transaction hash, asset, network, request time and support replies. If a withdrawal is delayed or the amount differs, those records are what you use to explain the case to the platform, and never pay anyone an “acceleration fee” or a “deposit” to speed it up.

The incident, the tracing and the bounty

Bitget Support Center, “[SECURITY NOTICE] Bitget exchange hot wallets Incident — September 24, 2026” (24 September 2026, 21:39 UTC), says the unauthorised transfers were detected at 18:31 UTC on 24 September, involved some hot wallets, and left cold wallets unaffected; the platform suspended withdrawals as a precaution while deposits and trading kept running, with the Protection Fund standing at over US$464 million at the time. The notice of 26 September adds that the pause is a security measure and not related to the availability of user assets, that account balances remain unaffected and that the Protection Fund covers the financial impact; the vulnerability has been identified and remediated, with Mandiant and SlowMist continuing to support the investigation.

On tracing, “Bitget Security Latest Incident Update: Fund Tracing and Recovery Bounty Program” (25 September 2026, 14:05 UTC) revises the confirmed amount sent to attacker-controlled addresses to about US$387.5 million, up from the initial estimate of about US$351.6 million, adding assets on Zcash and TRON; the confirmed affected assets are XRP, ETH, USDT, ZEC, USDC, USDT0, XAUt, BNB, AVAX and TRX. Some funds have been frozen through industry coordination, and the Recovery Bounty Program pays 5% of successfully frozen funds and 5% of successfully recovered funds, with actions taken under court orders or law-enforcement requests excluded. The platform also published a live tracing dashboard and a report portal for exchanges and security teams.

What the notices do not yet cover

As of the three notices of 26 September, none lists a per-transfer or daily withdrawal cap for any asset after the restart; the live state of each asset is what the platform shows and what later notices say.

This article is general information only and is not investment advice.

Published: 26 September 2026 · Published by WEEX · WEEX editorial standards