Revolut Experiences Bitcoin Price Glitch Showing BTC at $0.02

Revolut experienced a glitch on May 8, 2026 at approximately 23:45 UTC that briefly displayed Bitcoin at $0.02 while it traded close to $79,000 on major exchanges, a 99.99997% discrepancy. The banking platform, which serves over 70 million users globally, attributed the error to an unidentified third-party pricing provider. Internal safeguards prevented trades from executing at the incorrect prices.

Revolut price glitch incident

• ▪Revolut has over 70 million users globally
• ▪Revolut experienced a glitch on May 8, 2026 that briefly displayed false cryptocurrency prices on its app
• ▪The Revolut pricing error reflected a 99.99997% discrepancy from actual Bitcoin market prices
• ▪The Revolut glitch occurred at approximately 23:45 UTC on May 8, 2026
• ▪During the Revolut glitch, Bitcoin was displayed at $0.02 while trading close to $79,000 on major exchanges

False price alerts

• ▪During the Revolut glitch, Ethereum showed incorrect pricing below $2,200
• ▪Some Revolut users received false notifications that Bitcoin hit a 52-week low of $0.02
• ▪During the Revolut glitch, Solana was displayed around $85
• ▪Screenshots shared on X and Reddit showed a sudden 50% drop in Bitcoin's 24-hour chart on Revolut
• ▪Screenshots shared by Revolut users showed Bitcoin priced at $0.02 during the glitch
• ▪During the Revolut glitch, XRP was displayed near $1.25
• ▪Revolut users spotted simultaneous price declines for XRP, Solana, USDC, and USDT during the glitch

Third-party data provider issue

• ▪Revolut did not disclose the identity of the third-party provider that caused the May 8, 2026 pricing problem
• ▪A Revolut representative attributed the May 8, 2026 glitch to an unidentified third-party pricing provider
• ▪Revolut is investigating what caused the May 8, 2026 pricing glitch

Platform trade safeguards

• ▪Revolut engineers worked to fix the May 8, 2026 pricing glitch
• ▪Revolut's internal safeguards filtered out clearly erroneous pricing and prevented trades from being executed at unrealistic levels during the May 8, 2026 glitch
• ▪Revolut assured users that no trades were finalized at the incorrect prices displayed during the May 8, 2026 glitch

Bitcoin market context

• ▪As of May 10, 2026, Bitcoin is trading at $80,718.20, up 0.66% over the past 24 hours according to CoinMarketCap
• ▪Bitcoin reached a 2025 peak of around $126,000 per coin