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Crypto-Trade

Early cryptocurrency exchange that announced permanent shutdown in January 2015 because low volume and weak user growth left it unable to cover operating costs.

CEXDeadVoluntary shutdown
Also known as: CryptoTrade, Crypto-Trade.net

Registry sequence

Key facts

Launch date
2013-01-01
Death date
2015-01-29
Years
2013–2015
Origin
Unknown
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-04-25

URL handling

Preferred action
Use archived URL first for historical viewing.
URL status
Dead domain
Original URL
https://crypto-trade.net/
Archived URL

Summary

Early cryptocurrency exchange that announced permanent shutdown in January 2015 because low volume and weak user growth left it unable to cover operating costs.

Timeline

Crypto-Trade announced permanent shutdown
2015-01-26shutdown_announcedhigh

Crypto-Trade announced that it would shut down permanently because low volume and a weak userbase left it unable to cover server costs, staff salaries, and promotion costs.

Crypto-Trade reached its planned offline date
2015-01-29shutdown_effectivecritical

Crypto-Trade's quoted shutdown notice said the site would go offline on 2015-01-29 at 06:00 UTC after processing pending withdrawals.

Evidence

Internet Archive2026-04-25archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive
CCN2015-01-26news_articlemedium reliabilityeventarchive
CoinMarketCapdatabase_referencemedium reliabilitystatusarchive
Internet Archive2026-04-25archive_capturelow reliabilityurl_historyarchive

Notes and record state

Record note
Terminal handling uses 2015-01-29 because the quoted shutdown notice said the site would go offline on 2015-01-29 at 06:00 UTC. Death reason is mapped to voluntary_shutdown because the exchange announced a planned permanent shutdown citing low volume, weak userbase, and inability to cover operating costs. Country/origin remains Unknown because the current evidence set does not establish an operating jurisdiction.
Revision state
Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.
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