I would like to draw your attention to a serious incident that occurred at Bitget yesterday as a secondary effect of that hack.
Although the exploitation took place only a few hours earlier, with withdrawals still frozen, Bitget announced the removal of $DOG from its list.
The combination of the announcement to delist $DOG, users’ inability to withdraw funds, and broader trust concerns after the hack led to a significant price dislocation for $DOG on Bitget.
Making a delisting announcement while withdrawals are suspended—especially only a few hours after a major exploit and during a period of heightened market uncertainty—is highly abnormal for an exchange.
This is the kind of behavior that might be expected from a smaller, less reputable exchange, but not from a well-established and respected exchange like Bitget.
As a result, the price of $DOG on Bitget has become significantly decoupled from the price on other exchanges, directly affecting Bitget users who hold or trade $DOG.
Bitget has been a popular and trusted place to trade $DOG for two and a half years, and it is very disappointing to see long-time $DOG holders negatively impacted in this way after being loyal to Bitget for so long.
In addition, $DOG is a major cryptocurrency project with one of the strongest and most active memecoin communities across the entire crypto world.
It is difficult to understand the decision to remove an asset worth more than $100 million—$DOG—which has generated more than $1 billion in trading volume on Bitget, while exchanges continue to list hundreds of far smaller assets with communities that are only a fraction of the size of the $DOG Army.
On behalf of the $DOG Army, therefore, I would like to formally request that Bitget reconsider this decision and restore spot trading of $DOG.
Doing so will help address the market dislocation created under these unusual circumstances and demonstrate Bitget’s commitment to its users
Although the exploitation took place only a few hours earlier, with withdrawals still frozen, Bitget announced the removal of $DOG from its list.
The combination of the announcement to delist $DOG, users’ inability to withdraw funds, and broader trust concerns after the hack led to a significant price dislocation for $DOG on Bitget.
Making a delisting announcement while withdrawals are suspended—especially only a few hours after a major exploit and during a period of heightened market uncertainty—is highly abnormal for an exchange.
This is the kind of behavior that might be expected from a smaller, less reputable exchange, but not from a well-established and respected exchange like Bitget.
As a result, the price of $DOG on Bitget has become significantly decoupled from the price on other exchanges, directly affecting Bitget users who hold or trade $DOG.
Bitget has been a popular and trusted place to trade $DOG for two and a half years, and it is very disappointing to see long-time $DOG holders negatively impacted in this way after being loyal to Bitget for so long.
In addition, $DOG is a major cryptocurrency project with one of the strongest and most active memecoin communities across the entire crypto world.
It is difficult to understand the decision to remove an asset worth more than $100 million—$DOG—which has generated more than $1 billion in trading volume on Bitget, while exchanges continue to list hundreds of far smaller assets with communities that are only a fraction of the size of the $DOG Army.
On behalf of the $DOG Army, therefore, I would like to formally request that Bitget reconsider this decision and restore spot trading of $DOG.
Doing so will help address the market dislocation created under these unusual circumstances and demonstrate Bitget’s commitment to its users
