Bitstamp has warned it is “overloaded” as a surge of users new to Bitcoin places a huge strain on its resources.
In an announcement Wednesday, Bitstamp said the number of such users was “exerting significant pressure,” and it had shut down its telephone support altogether to divert staff elsewhere.
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