CoinEx

Exchange record

Global centralized cryptocurrency exchange founded by Haipo Yang on December 24, 2017, with documented 2023 New York regulatory and hot-wallet security events.

CEXActive

Also known as: CoinEx Exchange, CoinEx Global, Vino Global Ltd, coinex.com

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Key facts

Launch date

2017-12-24

Death date

—

Years

2017–—

Origin

Hong Kong / global

Confidence

high

Last verified

2026-06-23

URL handling

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URL status

Live verified

Original URL

https://www.coinex.com/

Archived URL

View archived site

Summary

Global centralized cryptocurrency exchange founded by Haipo Yang on December 24, 2017, with documented 2023 New York regulatory and hot-wallet security events.

Timeline

CoinEx was founded

2017-12-24launchedhigh

Haipo Yang founded CoinEx on December 24, 2017 as a centralized cryptocurrency exchange.

CoinEx agreed to New York ban and monetary settlement

2023-06-15regulatory_actionmedium

CoinEx agreed to pay about $1.8 million and be banned from operating in New York to resolve a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General alleging illegal unregistered operations in the state.

CoinEx hot-wallet private key was compromised

2023-09-12hackhigh

CoinEx detected anomalous withdrawals from hot wallets on September 12, 2023 and later stated that the incident was caused by leakage of a hot-wallet private key.

Evidence

CoinEx accepts New York ban, to pay $1.8 million to resolve attorney general lawsuit

Reuters2023-06-15news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive

Attorney General James Secures $1.7 Million from Cryptocurrency Platform CoinEx

New York State Attorney General2023-06-15regulatory_noticehigh reliabilityeventarchive

Blockchain analysts suspect N. Korea-linked hackers behind $70 mln crypto theft

Reuters2023-09-15news_articlehigh reliabilityeventarchive

Latest Progress of the Hacking Attack on Sep 12, 2023

CoinEx2023-09-14official_statementhigh reliabilityeventarchive

CoinEx official website

CoinEx—official_statementhigh reliabilitystatusarchive

CoinEx: Four Years of Solid Progress, CoinEx is All Set for a New Adventure

CoinEx—official_bloghigh reliabilitylaunch_datearchive

CoinGecko exchange reference for CoinEx

CoinGecko—database_referencemedium reliabilityentityarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note

CoinEx's official history gives an exact founding date of December 24, 2017. The exchange remains active; the 2023 New York settlement was jurisdiction-specific, and the September 2023 hot-wallet attack was followed by wallet reconstruction and service resumption.

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