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Revolut confirmed a Bitcoin price display error after users reported that the app briefly showed BTC near $0.02 on Friday. The pricing issue appeared across the app’s chart and push alerts, while broader crypto markets showed no matching move.
The incident affected several crypto assets inside the Revolut app, including Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, USDT, and USDC. However, external market trackers and major exchanges showed Bitcoin trading far above the displayed price, pointing to a platform-level data issue.
Revolut users shared screenshots on X and Reddit showing Bitcoin falling sharply inside the app. Some images showed BTC near $39,900, while others showed alerts claiming Bitcoin had touched a 52-week low of $0.02. The error quickly reversed for most affected users.
The unusual readings also appeared on other crypto assets. Users reported sharp drops in XRP, Solana, USDT, and USDC. However, there was no matching price crash on wider crypto markets during the same period.
CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko did not show a similar move in Bitcoin or other major crypto assets. Additionally, derivatives markets did not record a matching price dislocation. This suggested that the error came from Revolut’s app or pricing source, not from a real market sell-off.
No confirmed reports showed user orders filling at the displayed Bitcoin price. Some affected users also said balances and pending orders remained unchanged during the short disruption.
Revolut said it was experiencing issues affecting some app functions while engineers worked on a fix. A support message told customers to monitor the company’s status page for updates as the issue was being reviewed.
A Revolut spokesperson later confirmed that the incident had been fixed. The company said the pricing error came from a ‘service disruption at a third-party provider,’ which caused inaccurate crypto prices to appear on the platform.
The company also said it was reviewing the details of the disruption. However, Revolut did not give a full technical breakdown of how the bad pricing data entered the app or why some users received low-price alerts.
The error happened as Bitcoin traded on a softer day. Even so, Bitcoin remained far above the $0.02 figure across major exchanges. The difference between Revolut’s displayed price and wider market prices helped confirm that the issue was not a real Bitcoin crash.
Ranveer Arora, ex-PwC quantitative trading lead and co-founder of Altura.trade, said two explanations were being discussed for the sharp intraday wick shown on Revolut’s BTC chart.
“The first is a data feed error,” Arora said. He explained that a corrupt tick could have moved through Revolut’s pricing system and briefly pushed the chart near $39,900 before correction.
Arora also raised a second possible reason. He said a short liquidity gap in a thin order book could create a sudden downside wick if a large sell order consumed available bids. However, he added that the lack of matching trades on other venues made a data error more likely.
Marc Tillement, director of blockchain price oracle Pyth Data Association, said the event showed how a ‘single bad print’ can quickly distort price perception in retail-facing systems.
The Revolut Bitcoin price glitch drew attention to how fintech apps source and display crypto prices. Revolut is not a crypto exchange, so it depends on external providers for pricing data.
That structure can create errors when a third-party feed sends incorrect data. Therefore, app users may see distorted prices even when the wider market remains stable.
Revolut serves millions of users across many markets and continues to expand its crypto services. The company’s quick correction limited the disruption, while the incident showed the need for strong checks around crypto price feeds, chart data, and push alerts.
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