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Bitcoin-24

Europe-focused Bitcoin exchange that was live from May 2012 and went offline in April 2013 after Polish and German bank-account closures and related legal / regulatory action.

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Also known as: Bitcoin-24.com, Bitcoin24

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Key facts

Launch date
2012-05-01
Death date
2013-04-12
Years
2012–2013
Origin
Europe
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-04-28

URL handling

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Use current URL handling based on status below.
URL status
Unknown
Original URL
https://bitcoin-24.com/
Archived URL

Summary

Europe-focused Bitcoin exchange that was live from May 2012 and went offline in April 2013 after Polish and German bank-account closures and related legal / regulatory action.

Timeline

Bitcoin-24 first live
2012-05-01launchedmedium

Bitcoin-24 is described by Bitcoin Wiki as first live in May 2012.

Bitcoin-24 shut down after bank-account closures
2013-04-12regulatory_actioncritical

Bitcoin-24 displayed a shutdown / unavailable notice in April 2013, citing closure of its Polish bank account, while later reporting described both Polish and German account closures and legal action.

Evidence

Bitcoin Wiki2017-06-10community_referencemedium reliabilitylaunch_datearchive
Bitcointalk2013-04-12community_referencemedium reliabilityeventarchive
CoinDesk2013-05-02news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
Bitcointalk2013-04-12community_referencelow reliabilityeventarchive
Internet Archive2026-04-28archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
HEI uses 2013-04-12 as the terminal shutdown marker based on public shutdown notices and reporting. CoinDesk later described the exchange as offline for two weeks after Polish and German bank accounts were closed.
Revision state
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