bitcoin.de: The August 28 Meeting and Your Balance

Your balance at bitcoin.de can still be withdrawn, according to the operator. Trading there has been unavailable since June 12, 2026, and so have deposits. On August 28, 2026, Bitcoin Group SE, the marketplace's parent company, holds its annual general meeting in Herford. It is the first firmly dated occasion since the standstill began at which the management board has to answer to shareholders.

This piece addresses the question that has been sitting in the forums for weeks: what does August 28 change for your balance, and how can you tell for yourself whether the platform is coming back? We have already published an assessment of what the trading halt means for your balance. Two things have been added since: a status report from the operator dated August 20, and the date of the general meeting.

Why trading at bitcoin.de has been suspended since June 12

The sequence is well documented. Since June 12, 2026, trading and deposits on bitcoin.de have been suspended. It was announced as a temporary pause until July 1, 2026, the day the rebuilt platform was due to go live. That date passed without a replacement.

The rebuild itself is no minor operation. The operator is moving bitcoin.de from its previous peer-to-peer marketplace model to a conventional trading architecture. A peer-to-peer marketplace is a venue on which two customers deal directly with one another and the operator merely brokers and settles; on an order-book exchange, by contrast, the venue itself steps between the parties. Alongside this, the company says, come a redesigned website, trading apps for iOS and Android, and a range extended to more than 100 cryptocurrencies.