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BTC38

China-based cryptocurrency exchange launched in 2013 that was publicly marked inaccessible and dead by mid-June 2019.

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Registry sequence

Key facts

Launch date
2013-08-23
Death date
2019-06-12
Years
2013–2019
Origin
China
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-04-15

URL handling

Preferred action
Use archived URL first for historical viewing.
URL status
Dead domain
Original URL
http://www.btc38.com/
Archived URL

Summary

China-based cryptocurrency exchange launched in 2013 that was publicly marked inaccessible and dead by mid-June 2019.

Timeline

BTC38 site failed to load
2019-06-12service_outagehigh

By 2019-06-12, public exchange-status sources reported that the BTC38 website kept loading without completing.

BTC38 marked dead
2019-06-12shutdown_effectivecritical

Public exchange-status sources marked BTC38 as dead by 2019-06-12.

Evidence

Internet Archive2026-04-15archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive
Cryptowisser2019-06-12news_articlemedium reliabilitystatusarchive
CoinMarketCapstatus_pagemedium reliabilitystatusarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
Treat cause conservatively as unknown. Terminal marker uses the 2019-06-12 dead-side update.
Revision state
Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.
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