Bitget freezes XRP withdrawals as 27M stolen tokens move

Bitget’s XRP withdrawal route was still disabled on Sept. 26, even as the exchange set Oct. 2 at 08:00 UTC for the last phase of its post-breach withdrawal reopening. Its published timetable names BTC, ETH and USDT for earlier phases, then “other tokens,” fiat and peer-to-peer services for Oct. 2. XRP is not listed separately, so the schedule places it in that final group by exclusion. Bitget’s public XRP coin status showed external XRP withdrawals disabled and deposits enabled at 12:11 UTC on Sept. 26.The timing matters to XRP holders because the stolen tokens are also moving. Bitquery measured 27.63 million XRP moving onward from two tracked attacker accounts by 02:54 UTC on Sept. 26, while 75.35 million remained in six tracked accounts. That is a dated account-balance snapshot, not a measure of XRP sold into the market. It leaves two different developments to watch: when customers can withdraw their XRP, and where the stolen XRP goes next.Bitget’s first scheduled withdrawal phase starts with BTC on the Bitcoin network on Sept. 28 at 08:00 UTC. ETH follows on Sept. 29 across the networks named in its notice, and USDT follows on Sept. 30. The Oct. 2 phase covers everything grouped...