BKEX

Exchange record

British Virgin Islands-linked centralized cryptocurrency exchange launched around June 2018. BKEX suspended withdrawals on 2023-05-29, citing cooperation with a police investigation after some platform user funds were allegedly involved in money laundering. Public market trackers now list BKEX as untracked, and normal exchange operations have not been treated as restored.

CEXLimited

Also known as: BKEX Global, BKEX Exchange, BKEX.com

Registry sequence

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Key facts

Launch date

2018-06-01

Death date

—

Years

2018–—

Origin

British Virgin Islands

Confidence

medium

Last verified

2026-05-09

URL handling

Preferred action

Use current URL handling based on status below.

URL status

Dead domain

Original URL

https://www.bkex.com/

Archived URL

View archived site

Summary

Timeline

BKEX launched

2018-06-01launchedmedium

Exchange tracker and secondary sources describe BKEX as a centralized crypto exchange launched in June 2018 and registered in the British Virgin Islands.

BKEX suspended withdrawals amid police investigation

2023-05-29withdrawals_haltedcritical

BKEX suspended withdrawals after stating that some platform user funds were involved in money laundering and that it was cooperating with police to collect evidence.

Evidence

BKEX trade volume and market listings

CoinMarketCap2026-05-09database_referencemedium reliabilitylaunch_datearchive

Crypto Exchange BKEX Suspends Withdrawals to Aid Money Laundering Probe

TradingView / Finance Magnates2023-05-29news_articlemedium reliabilityentityarchive

BKEX Suspends Withdrawals Due to Platform Users' Funds Involved in 'Money Laundering'

TokenInsight2023-05-29news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive

Crypto Exchange BKEX Suspends Withdrawals to Assist Police

Unchained2023-05-29news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive

BKEX Halts Withdrawals Amid Money Laundering Investigation

The Tokenist2023-05-29news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive

BKEX Halts Withdrawals Amid Money Laundering Investigation

24/7 Wall St. / The Tokenist2023-05-29news_articlemedium reliabilitydeath_reasonarchive

BKEX Exchange Suspended Withdrawals Due to Police Investigation

World Stock Market2023-05-30news_articlelow reliabilitystatusarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note

HEI uses limited rather than dead because the available sources show withdrawal suspension and apparent non-restoration of normal service, but do not provide a primary liquidation, bankruptcy, or formal permanent-closure notice. death_reason remains null until a terminal closure classification is better supported.

Revision state

Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.

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