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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

Leading recorded types

Incident mix

2022

6 events on this page
Regulatory actionhigh
BitMEXCEXlimited

BitMEX founders pleaded guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain an AML program at BitMEX.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Service outagehigh
CoinBeneCEXdead

CoinBene website became inaccessible

Public exchange-status coverage stated that CoinBene's website could not be reached on 2022-02-01 and that there had been no preceding messages about maintenance, migration, or any replacement site.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0

2021

19 events on this page
Hackhigh
AscendEXCEXactive

AscendEX hot wallets were breached

AscendEX identified unauthorized transfers from hot-wallet infrastructure across several networks on December 11, 2021 and temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals while rebuilding affected infrastructure.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
AOFEXCEXdead

Login and withdrawal access failed during police investigation

Users lost login and withdrawal access, while AOFEX said technical and wallet personnel were assisting a police investigation and no staff were available to restore the servers.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical
BitMartCEXlimited

BitMart reported a large-scale hot-wallet security breach

BitMart identified a large-scale security breach involving an Ethereum hot wallet and a BNB Smart Chain hot wallet and temporarily restricted withdrawals during its response.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown announcedhigh
CoinsuperCEXdead

Coinsuper was marked dead after 2021 financial troubles

Public exchange-status coverage stated that financial troubles persisted through 2021 and later resulted in the firm closing business, after which the platform was marked dead.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Shutdown announcedhigh
CoinealCEXdead

Coineal announced final shutdown timeline

Public exchange-status coverage stated on 2021-11-01 that Coineal had already stopped registration and identity verification for new mainland China users in 2019 and would officially cease operations on 2021-11-15.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Shutdown effectivecritical
BHEXCEXdead

BHEX completed its staged platform shutdown

BHEX permanently ended platform access after progressively stopping registration, deposits, derivatives, spot trading, and withdrawals during its October 2021 wind-down.

Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 3