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

Reviewed event layer

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

2018

9 events on this page
Hackcritical
CoinsecureCEXdead

438.318 BTC stolen from Coinsecure

Coinsecure reported that 438.318 BTC had been exposed and siphoned to an address outside its control, after which the exchange became unavailable.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 4
Regulatory actioncritical
UrdubitCEXdead

State Bank of Pakistan prohibited banks from facilitating virtual-currency transactions

The State Bank of Pakistan issued BPRD Circular No. 03 of 2018, advising banks and payment providers to refrain from processing, using, trading, holding, transferring value, promoting, investing in, or facilitating virtual currencies / tokens.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical
CoincheckCEXactive

Coincheck reported an unauthorized NEM transfer incident

Coincheck reported unauthorized transfers of customer-held NEM and temporarily restricted parts of its service while investigating and preparing compensation.

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

2017

10 events on this page
Shutdown effectivecritical
CoinGatherCEXdead

CoinGather abruptly went offline

CoinGather went offline in late November 2017 after withdrawal complaints and later became the subject of FBI / DOJ seizure and forfeiture activity involving cryptocurrency wallets accessible through the exchange.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 4
Shutdown effectivehigh
BTC-eCEXdead

BTC-e service went offline during law-enforcement action

BTC-e went offline around the July 2017 law-enforcement action. Public reference material and reporting describe the 2017 outage/seizure period as the end of the original BTC-e service.

Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1

2016

6 events on this page
Hackhigh
BitfinexCEXactive

Bitfinex suffered major bitcoin theft

Bitfinex suffered a major security breach in August 2016. Public reporting and DOJ materials describe roughly 119,754 bitcoin stolen from the exchange.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown announcedhigh
CCEDKCEXrebranded

CCEDK announced trading-engine transition

Public reporting stated that CCEDK's current trading engine would cease in May 2016 while withdrawals remained available through June and the operation prepared to relaunch in a new OpenLedger-centered form.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
IgotCEXinactive

Igot customers reported unpaid withdrawals and collapse risk

ABC reported that Igot appeared on the verge of collapse, with customers owed funds, months-long withdrawal failures, and the owner acknowledging difficulty paying customers back.

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