Swiss Bitcoin Pay Shuts Servers After Data Breach
Bitcoin (BTC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Bitcoin Magazine reports that Swiss Bitcoin Pay temporarily shut down its servers on Monday following a data breach. The Neuchâtel-based non-custodial payment processor confirmed that user funds remain safe despite the incident. A malicious user likely accessed internal systems, compromising customer email addresses, Bitcoin addresses, IBANs, transaction history, and hashed passwords.
The company stated it is shutting down servers as a precaution while it investigates and secures its infrastructure. Swiss Bitcoin Pay assured that any amounts owed to users will be fully returned. This event adds to a recent series of security issues affecting Bitcoin and fintech firms.
Last week, Revolut disclosed that unauthorized parties received customer passports, driver’s licenses, and transaction histories. Additionally, hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor warned that a breach in its marketing platform led to phishing attacks targeting customers. Swiss Bitcoin Pay enables businesses to accept Bitcoin payments via on-chain transactions and the Lightning Network. The company did not immediately respond to requests for further comment.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 14 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Bitcoin is trading at $76,842.01 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 43.2%, indicating weaker immediate buying pressure compared to the 55.3% ratio seen over the past four hours. The 24-hour buy ratio stands at 52.0%, suggesting that buying interest has stabilized over a longer timeframe. The 1-hour volume delta is negative at -$6,156,386, showing that sellers have dominated recent trades, whereas the 4-hour delta is positive at +$22,460,652. This divergence implies that while short-term selling is active, the broader four-hour trend still favors buyers. Cumulative Volume Delta for the 24-hour close is +$100,612,809, confirming that net buying has outweighed selling over the day. Spot volume for the period reached $536,092,213 across 1,275,503 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 47.6%, making today’s 24-hour ratio of 52.0% an unusual day with 4.3 points more buying than the weekly average. However, spot volume was only 0.50 times the weekly average, indicating significantly lower trading activity than usual. The coin experienced a 4.4% price decline over eight days, with a total volume delta of -$416,689,656. Only one day out of seven saw net buying, highlighting a generally weak weekly trend. This current day represents a brief spike in buying ratio despite the broader weekly downtrend.