Historical Exchange IndexA quiet registry of crypto exchanges, active and gone.

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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

2019

14 events on this page
Hackcritical
DragonEXCEXinactive

DragonEX suffered a major cyberattack

DragonEX announced that user and platform crypto assets were transferred and stolen in a March 2019 cyberattack, and temporarily closed platform services while investigating the incident.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Insolvencyhigh
QuadrigaCXCEXdead

QuadrigaCX received creditor protection after founder death and missing-funds crisis

QuadrigaCX sought and received creditor protection in Nova Scotia after founder Gerald Cotten's death and the reported inability to access large amounts of customer cryptocurrency.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown announcedhigh
CoinPulseCEXdead

CoinPulse announced indefinite maintenance plan

CoinPulse published an urgent notice stating that trading and deposits would be suspended from 2019-02-01, withdrawals would remain open until 2019-02-07, and the exchange would then enter maintenance until further notice.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Exploithigh
Gate.ioCEXactive

Ethereum Classic 51% attack caused losses at Gate.io

A 51% attack on the Ethereum Classic network produced double-spend transactions affecting Gate.io, which reported a loss of about 40,000 ETC and later said part of the funds was returned.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown effectivehigh

247Exchange marked inactive / MIA

Cryptowisser marked 247Exchange inactive, stating that the website no longer seemed to work and that the exchange appeared to have terminated its activities. Cryptowisser's Exchange Graveyard lists 247Exchange with a 2019-01-01 MIA marker, and CoinMarketCap lists the exchange as inactive and untracked.

Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 4

2018

11 events on this page
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
WEXCEXdead

WEX stopped operating with customer funds unresolved

Public references describe WEX as ceasing work in late 2018 without returning customer assets, with later reporting and legal action referring to missing funds from WEX accounts.

Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Hackcritical
ZaifCEXactive

Zaif disclosed a major unauthorized cryptocurrency outflow

Tech Bureau disclosed that cryptocurrency held for the Zaif service had been unlawfully transferred following external unauthorized access, with later Zaif materials describing losses of roughly 7 billion yen in BTC, MONA, and BCH.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actionhigh
BitbankCEXactive

Japanese authorities issued a business-improvement order to bitbank

Japan's Financial Services Agency announced an administrative action after supervisory review identified deficiencies in bitbank's governance, customer-asset segregation, anti-money-laundering controls, and outsourced-service management.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Hackcritical
CoinrailCEXinactive

Coinrail suffered major cyber intrusion

Coinrail suspended services after a cyber intrusion in June 2018, with public reporting estimating losses around $40 million in cryptocurrencies.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 4