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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
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Key facts
Launch date
2013-01-01
Death date
2015-01-29
Years
2013–2015
Origin
Unknown
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-06-20
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.
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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. The 2026-06-20 explicit-origin review retained Unknown: the original project announcement, shutdown material, archived pages, and historical exchange references do not identify a legal entity, headquarters, founding jurisdiction, or ecosystem origin. Later unrelated services using similar names or domains are excluded.
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