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Cavirtex

Canadian bitcoin exchange founded in 2011 and folded into Kraken in January 2016.

CEXAcquiredAcquisition
Also known as: CAVirtex, CaVirtex

Registry sequence

Key facts

Launch date
2011-01-01
Death date
2016-01-26
Years
2011–2016
Origin
Canada
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-04-10

URL handling

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URL status
Unknown
Original URL
https://www.cavirtex.com/
Archived URL

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.

Evidence

Kraken Blog2016-01-19official_bloghigh reliabilityeventarchive
Kraken Blog2016-12-22official_bloghigh reliabilityownershiparchive

Notes and record state

Record note
Death date uses Kraken's customer-transfer date rather than the initial acquisition announcement date.
Revision state
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