The status API showed trading paused on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Avalanche, Base, Bitcoin Cash, BNB Chain, Dogecoin, Cosmos Hub, Litecoin, Solana, Tron and XRP Ledger. The global trading-pause setting was off; individual chain restrictions were blocking those routes.
The broader disruption had lasted more than four hours. THOR InfoBot, an alerts account linked from THORChain’s website, reported trading halted across 10 chains at 9:06 a.m. ET on Oct. 31. Most of those routes were still paused in the early-afternoon API snapshot, although Zcash trading had resumed.
What the Pause Means for Pending Transfers
THORChain’s halt-management documentation warns users not to send funds to a halted route. Under a trading-only halt, incoming transactions continue to be observed, but swaps are not processed and refunds are issued instead. The documentation says funds sent during a halt generally are not lost, but can be significantly delayed.
Signing restrictions remained active for Cosmos Hub and Solana in the network-settings snapshot. Those controls prevent outbound signing, so lifting a trading restriction alone would not clear payments on those chains.
Ethereum’s signing restriction, by contrast, had been lifted. THOR InfoBot recorded that change at 1:28 p.m. ET, and the network settings showed Ethereum signing enabled while its trading pause remained active.
