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

Leading recorded types

Incident mix

2024

25 events on this page
Regulatory actionmedium
CoinmetroCEXactive

Estonian FIU issued compliance precepts to Coinmetro OÜ

The Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit published supervisory precepts concerning Coinmetro OÜ's failure to submit required auditor reporting on own funds in July 2024 and again in July 2025.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical
WazirXCEXactive

WazirX suffered a USD 230-235 million hack

WazirX suffered a large hack in July 2024 that drained roughly USD 230-235 million from the platform and led to a long suspension and restructuring process.

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

Exnomy published service termination notice

Public exchange-status coverage captured a notice stating that EXNOMY services were terminated on July 8, 2024, that trading was no longer possible, and that asset withdrawals had to be requested by email.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actionhigh
LBankCEXactive

Japan's FSA warned LBank over unregistered exchange activity

Japan's Financial Services Agency issued a warning stating that LBank had provided crypto-asset exchange services to Japanese residents over the internet without registration.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical

Lykke Exchange suffered a major security breach

Lykke Exchange suffered unauthorized access on June 4, 2024 that resulted in approximately $22 million of digital assets being removed from the platform.

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

DMM Bitcoin suffered an unauthorized BTC outflow

DMM Bitcoin suffered an unauthorized outflow of bitcoin in 2024, widely reported as approximately 4,502.9 BTC and roughly JPY 48 billion at the time.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Exploithigh
ALEXDEXactive

ALEX disclosed security incident / exploit context

ALEX is included as an event-backed DEX/protocol record because the protocol has public security-incident history in addition to exchange database references.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Regulatory actionhigh
BTC-eCEXdead

Alexander Vinnik pleaded guilty to money-laundering conspiracy

The U.S. Department of Justice announced in May 2024 that Alexander Vinnik pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with BTC-e's operation.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
BitcoinToYouCEXlimited

Customers reported a broad withdrawal freeze

Reliable reporting documented that BitcoinToYou customers had been unable to withdraw funds since early April 2024 and that the exchange had not publicly explained the interruption at the time of reporting.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actionhigh
MEXCCEXactive

Hong Kong's SFC warned against unlicensed MEXC activity

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission warned that MEXC was actively promoting virtual-asset trading services to Hong Kong investors without a licence application and added it to the Suspicious Virtual Asset Trading Platforms Alert List.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actioncritical
BitForexCEXlimited

Hong Kong SFC warned public about BitForex

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission warned the public about suspected virtual asset fraud involving BitForex and placed BitForex on its Suspicious Virtual Asset Trading Platforms Alert List.

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