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Cavirtex
Canadian bitcoin exchange founded in 2011 and folded into Kraken in January 2016.
CEXAcquiredAcquisition
Also known as: CAVirtex, CaVirtex
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Key facts
Launch date
2011-01-01
Death date
2016-01-26
Years
2011–2016
Origin
Canada
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-04-10
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URL status
Unknown
Original URL
https://www.cavirtex.com/
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Summary
Canadian bitcoin exchange founded in 2011 and folded into Kraken in January 2016.
Timeline
Kraken acquisition announced
2016-01-19acquiredhigh
Kraken announced the Cavirtex acquisition on 2016-01-19 and stated that client accounts would be transferred on 2016-01-26.
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Death date uses Kraken's customer-transfer date rather than the initial acquisition announcement date.
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