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Exchange incidents

Browse reviewed exchange incidents and lifecycle disruptions linked back to entity dossiers and supporting evidence.

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Timeline events494
Affected exchanges291
Critical events283
Event-linked sources839

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Incident mix

2026

25 events on this page
Shutdown announcedcritical
BitMartCEXlimited

BitMart announced an orderly wind-down

BitMart announced phased restrictions beginning July 26, 2026, a stop to spot, futures, and other trading services on August 26, 2026, and planned termination of trading-platform operations on January 31, 2027.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown announcedcritical
BitMEXCEXlimited

BitMEX announced exchange closure

BitMEX announced that exchange services will end on 23 September 2026 at 04:00 UTC. New account registrations stopped immediately, and reduce-only limits are scheduled from 26 August during the wind-down.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown announcedcritical
OdosDEXlimited

Odos announced permanent service shutdown

The company operating Odos announced that the application would move to read-only mode on 27 July 2026 and that all company-operated services would shut down permanently on 30 July 2026.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Exploitcritical
CascadeDEXlimited

CLS vault exploit halted Cascade trading and withdrawals

Attackers accumulated long positions in thin-liquidity markets, manipulated mark prices upward, and caused the Cascade Liquidity Strategy vault's opposing positions to be liquidated and auto-deleveraged. Cascade reported approximately 1.34 million USDC in losses and paused all trading and withdrawals.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown announcedcritical
OxiumDEXlimited

Oxium announced an August 2026 wind-down

Oxium announced that it would wind down operations and close its front-end interface on August 1, 2026 after low revenue made continued operation financially unsustainable.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Regulatory actioncritical
NobitexCEXactive

OFAC designated Nobitex under U.S. sanctions authorities

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Nobitex under Executive Orders 13224 and 13902, citing support for the IRGC and operation in Iran's financial sector and warning of sanctions exposure for certain counterparties.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actionhigh
NobitexCEXactive

United States announced sanctions against Nobitex

The U.S. Treasury announced sanctions targeting Nobitex and other Iranian digital-asset exchanges. Reuters and AP reported the action and the Treasury's stated sanctions-evasion rationale.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown effectivecritical

Tapp Exchange reached its frontend shutdown date

The published wind-down schedule set 2026-05-31 as the end of normal protocol access and the date the Tapp Exchange frontend would be taken offline. After that point, remaining withdrawals were expected to require direct smart-contract interaction.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown announcedcritical
VBTCCEXlimited

VBTC announced a full platform sunset by the end of 2026

BitcoinVN concluded that VBTC was no longer the right vehicle for its future trading strategy and scheduled the full VBTC service shutdown for the end of 2026.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actioncritical
ZedxionCEXlimited

Companies House dissolved Zedxion Exchange Ltd

Companies House recorded the final compulsory strike-off and dissolution of Zedxion Exchange Ltd on 2026-05-12. The registrar stated that the action related to incorporation information or statements considered misleading, false, or deceptive. The public exchange website nevertheless remained accessible after the dissolution date, so HEI records a limited rather than terminal dead-side status.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown announcedcritical

Tapp Exchange announced a phased protocol shutdown

Tapp Exchange announced that it had begun winding down the protocol. The team said normal access and withdrawals would remain available through 2026-05-31 and asked users to remove assets before the frontend was retired.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
zondacryptoCEXlimited

Victim instructions referenced failed or partial withdrawal requests

The prosecutor's office published instructions for potential victims, asking them to document when and in what amount they ordered withdrawals from Zondacrypto, including withdrawals that were not fully or partially executed.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actioncritical
zondacryptoCEXlimited

Polish prosecutors opened a Zondacrypto investigation

The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Katowice opened an investigation concerning Zondacrypto, including suspected misleading of users about the purchase and storage of fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies, possible money-laundering-related conduct, reported withdrawal problems, and lack of access to an approximately 4,500 BTC cold wallet.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Hackcritical
GrinexCEXinactive

Grinex suspended operations after cyberattack

Grinex said it suspended operations after a cyberattack stole assets worth approximately 1 billion rubles, reported at about USD 13.1 million.

Status effect: inactiveConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Hackcritical
GrinexCEXinactive

Grinex reported a major cyberattack

Grinex said it had suffered a large cyberattack that stole assets worth roughly 1 billion rubles, with outside estimates and blockchain analysis placing the loss around USD 13-15 million.

Status effect: inactiveConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2