What is a cooldown period and for how long is it in place?

Bitvavo uses a so-called dynamic cooldown period before allowing withdrawals of the digital currency you bought to an external wallet. This cooldown period has been put in place to provide us and other authorities with the time necessary to check whether a user’s account is suspicious or fraudulent and to prevent irreversible transactions with these accounts.

How does the cooldown period work?

The cooldown period is only in place after you have created your account and deposited funds on it. The standard cooldown period is 24hrs. However, this could be increased up to a period of 72hrs for high-risk customers.
During the cooldown period, you cannot withdraw your bought digital currency. Once the cooldown period is finished, it will not bother you again.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to remove your cooldown period.