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CHBTC

China-based centralized cryptocurrency exchange brand that operated from 2013 and transitioned to the overseas ZB.com service in 2017. Contemporary reporting identified ZB.com as an overseas platform operated by CHBTC and said international trading would become available on 2017-11-01.

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Also known as: CHBTC.com, CHBTC Exchange

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Key facts

Launch date
—
Death date
2017-11-01
Years
—–2017
Origin
China
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-09-08

URL handling

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URL status
Unknown
Original URL
https://chbtc.com/
Archived URL
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Summary

China-based centralized cryptocurrency exchange brand that operated from 2013 and transitioned to the overseas ZB.com service in 2017. Contemporary reporting identified ZB.com as an overseas platform operated by CHBTC and said international trading would become available on 2017-11-01.

Timeline

CHBTC founded
2013-06-01launchedmedium

Profile and exchange-history sources describe CHBTC as a China-based exchange founded in 2013, with one source giving June 2013.

CHBTC ceased China-market trading activity
2017-09-30regulatory_actioncritical

Profile sources describe CHBTC as ceasing trading activity on 2017-09-30 due to Chinese regulatory compliance / pressure.

CHBTC transitioned to the ZB.com overseas platform
2017-11-01rebrandedhigh

ZB.com began international trading as an overseas platform operated by CHBTC, marking the transition from the CHBTC brand/domain to the ZB.com successor service.

CHBTC transitioned to ZB.com
2017-12-31rebrandedhigh

Several profile sources describe CHBTC as changing its name to ZB.com and focusing on international operations after the China-market shutdown.

Evidence

chbtc exchange statistics
CoinGecko2026-04-29database_referencemedium reliabilityentityarchive
The 7-Year Road of ZB.com, One of the Four Major Exchanges
ReleaseWire2020-07-27news_articlemedium reliabilitylaunch_datearchive
ZB.COM profile
BankActivities2026-04-29database_referencemedium reliabilityeventarchive
CHBTC crypto exchange
CipherMarketCap2026-04-29database_referencelow reliabilityeventarchive
ZB company profile
ICOholder2026-04-29database_referencelow reliabilityeventarchive
The 7-Year Road of ZB.com, One of the Four Major Exchanges
ReleaseWire2020-07-27news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
Archive index for the former CHBTC site
Internet Archive2026-04-29archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive
As China closes its doors to cryptocurrencies, exchanges shift their attention overseas
South China Morning Post2017-10-31news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive
域名ZB.com正式上线 搭建区块链资产交易平台
A5站长网2017-11-02news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
HEI models CHBTC as the historical predecessor brand of ZB.com. The prior 2017-12-31 death_date was only an end-of-year marker and is removed. The replacement 2017-11-01 date is tied to the documented ZB.com international-service launch and brand/domain transition, not to legal-entity dissolution. The previous exact launch_date 2013-06-01 is also removed because reviewed sources support 2013 / early-2013 operation but not that exact day.
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