Trading haltedcritical
FCoin paused trading
FCoin paused trading after disclosing that its asset reserve had fallen short of user liabilities.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
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2020
8 events on this pageHackcritical
Altsbit reported a major hack
Altsbit reported that a February 2020 hack caused significant cryptocurrency losses across multiple assets.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
Cobinhood was moved to dead-side handling after shutdown notice
Cobinhood reached its terminal HEI operating state after the 2020-01-10 shutdown and account-balance audit notice.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Cobinhood announced shutdown and account-balance audit
Cobinhood announced that the exchange would shut down for an account-balance audit from 2020-01-10 to 2020-02-09 and warned users not to deposit assets during that period.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Service outagehigh
Operations interrupted
COSS went offline and then entered an acquisition/relaunch process, leaving long-term status ambiguous.
Status effect: inactiveConfidence: lowDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Trading haltedhigh
COSS exchange was taken offline
The COSS team stated that the exchange was taken offline on January 7, 2020 during a migration process that was later interrupted by acquisition negotiations and technical audits.
Status effect: inactiveConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
VirWoX permanently closed its service
VirWoX notified users in late 2019 that the service would permanently close on 2020-01-06 and account access would end that day.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
CoinFalcon became inactive / no longer operational
Exchange trackers and exchange-profile sources later marked CoinFalcon inactive, untracked, or no longer operational, with no reliable active market data.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 4
2019
17 events on this pageShutdown effectivecritical
CryptoBridge services terminated
CryptoBridge said all services and servers would terminate after 2019-12-15.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
Customer withdrawals became inaccessible
ACX collapsed abruptly in late 2019, with customers unable to withdraw funds from the platform.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown announcedcritical
CryptoBridge shutdown announced
CryptoBridge announced it would close because of market conditions and increasing regulation.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
IDAX users lost withdrawal access amid CEO disappearance
Public reporting stated that withdrawals were suspended and that the exchange's CEO had gone missing, leaving users unable to access funds.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
Deposits and trading stopped
DX.Exchange stopped accepting deposits, suspended trading, cancelled open orders, and sought a merger or sale after stating that its security, support, and technology costs were not economically feasible on its own.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown effectivecritical
BiteBTC was marked dead and moved to scam-side handling
Public exchange-status sources marked BiteBTC as dead on 2019-11-01 after concluding that it was widely acknowledged as a scam.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Tokocrypto registered with Bappebti in November 2019
Tokocrypto became the first entity in Indonesia registered under the country's Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency in November 2019.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
Interim receiver secured Einstein Exchange
The Supreme Court of British Columbia appointed an interim receiver on 2019-11-01, which then secured the premises and shut down platform access.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
BiteBTC faced widespread scam and blocked-withdrawal accusations
Public exchange-status coverage recorded extensive user accusations describing BiteBTC as a scam and reporting serious platform trust issues.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Bankruptcy filingcritical
Employees petitioned to wind up the operating company
Employees of CX Technologies, identified in reporting as the company operating DX.Exchange, filed an Israeli court petition alleging unpaid wages and seeking to wind up the company.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
CoinExchange.io was treated as dead
Public exchange-status sources treated CoinExchange.io as dead on 2019-10-15.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
CoinExchange.io announced closure
Public exchange-status coverage stated that CoinExchange.io closed down on 2019-10-15 pursuant to a board decision made on 2019-10-01 and described the decision as purely business driven.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Shutdown announcedcritical
Aphelion announced exchange closure
Aphelion said it was taking steps to close the non-custodial exchange after low usage, operating losses, and weak token economics made the project unsustainable.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Bitso received a Gibraltar DLT provider licence
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission awarded a full Distributed Ledger Technology provider licence to Bitso's Gibraltar operating entity.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Nova ceased trading and API access
Nova said trading would cease and the API would be deactivated on 2019-10-07 as part of its shutdown schedule.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown effectivecritical
Operations wound down
BX Thailand reached its terminal operating state on the date used by HEI as the end marker.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
BITKER terminated exchange operations
BITKER ended exchange operations at 23:59:59 on September 2, 2019 after concluding that it could not recover from the losses caused by the May cyberattack.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2