The New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange BitPrime paused trading operations, issuing a notice to their customers: “A perfect storm has occurred, where liquidity has reduced, the market has crashed, and our overheads have increased. These have eroded trading capital and liquidity to a point where we felt we couldn’t guarantee fast trading execution and liquidity of customer funds.” Unlike many exchanges, BitPrime doesn’t also play the role of a wallet, so customers aren’t prevented from moving their crypto as they would be if this happened with an exchange that holds customer funds.