KuCoin Suspends Blast Deposits Citing Maintenance, Gives No Restoration Date
KuCoin suspended Blast (BLAST) deposits for maintenance and said users will get no separate notice when the service returns, with no restoration date given.
Why it matters
Blast users on KuCoin could not deposit the token through the exchange from 8 October, and KuCoin committed to no restoration notice, so the only confirmation channel is the original announcement page. The absence of a withdrawal restriction distinguishes this from the VENOM and NFPrompt delisting notice KuCoin published later in October. The suspension is a single-outlet report resting on KuCoin's own announcement, and its significance appears limited to deposit availability on one exchange.
Where the sources disagree
Scope of the 10 October Monero suspension
Deposit service only suspended
Bitcoin Insider
Deposit and withdrawal services suspended
Bitcoin Insider, Bitcoin Insider
Bitcoin Insider published two notices the same morning, one citing only deposits and one citing both deposits and withdrawals, and a later write-up stated deposits and withdrawals were closed.
Key facts
KuCoin suspended the deposit service for Blast (BLAST) because of essential maintenance.
Reported by Bitcoin Insider
KuCoin said it would not issue a further announcement when the Blast deposit service is restored.
Reported by Bitcoin Insider
The KuCoin notice gave no date for restoring the Blast deposit service.
Reported by Bitcoin Insider
Bitcoin Insider stated it did not report or verify the item, which came from an industry wire supplied by the original publisher.
Reported by Bitcoin Insider
Bitcoin Insider cautioned that an announcement left online records the suspension and does not by itself prove the service remains closed at every later observation.
Reported by Bitcoin Insider
KuCoin ran matching maintenance suspensions on the same day for deposits of Stargate Finance (STG) and NodeOps (NODE), with the same no-further-announcement wording.
Reported by Bitcoin Insider
KuCoin later announced removal of Venom (VENOM) and NFPrompt (NFP) from spot trading at 08:00 UTC on 14 October, with deposits and withdrawals already closed and a buyback capped at 100 USDT per user.
100 USDReported by Bitcoin Insider
KuCoin suspended Monero (XMR) deposits and withdrawals for wallet maintenance on 10 October without announcing a trading delisting, and described the work as essential wallet maintenance with no restoration deadline.
Reported by Bitcoin Insider
What happened
Bitcoin Insider, relaying a KuCoin notice it labels as supplied by the original publisher and not verified by the outlet, reported on 8 October 2026 that KuCoin suspended deposits of Blast (BLAST) for what the exchange called essential maintenance. The notice apologised for the inconvenience and said KuCoin would not announce separately when the deposit service is restored, giving no restoration date. Bitcoin Insider's own write-up of the same notice carried a caution that an online announcement records a suspension at the time it was posted and should not by itself be treated as proof the service is still closed at every later observation. The same day, identical notices covering Stargate Finance (STG) and NodeOps (NODE) deposits appeared on the outlet, using the same maintenance wording and the same no-further-announcement line, indicating a batch suspension across several assets rather than a Blast-specific action. No other outlet in the evidence set covered the Blast suspension, and the material contains no stated reason beyond maintenance, no withdrawal restriction, and no confirmation of when or whether the service is back.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by Bitcoin Insider
KuCoin Has Temporarily Closed the Deposit Service of Blast (BLAST)
- Update
KuCoin notice suspends Blast deposits
KuCoin suspended BLAST deposits for essential maintenance and said no further announcement would be issued on restoration.
- Update
Matching maintenance suspensions for Stargate Finance and NodeOps
KuCoin notices the same morning suspended STG and NODE deposits with identical maintenance wording and the same no-further-announcement line.
- Update
Zilliqa token migration completed on KuCoin
Following a Zilliqa security incident, the project team moved ZIL to the ZILEVM Network at a 1:1 ratio and KuCoin enabled ZIL deposits and withdrawals there while ending support on the Zilliqa mainnet.
- Update
KuCoin says the status of the Blast announcement changes as later observations are made
Bitcoin Insider noted the online announcement records the suspension and should not automatically be treated as proof the service is still closed at later observations.
How coverage built up
Independent sources over time, counted the way the consensus panel counts them: a republication of a wire story does not move the line.
- 8 Oct 2026, 09:30 UTC: Bitcoin Insider — 1 independent source, 1 reports
- 9 Oct 2026, 06:16 UTC: Bitcoin Insider — 2 independent sources, 4 reports
Affected entities
Also mentioned: Coinbase, Tether USDt, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Solana, Circle, South Korea, Gemini
Original sources
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