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Cryptopia

New Zealand-based centralized exchange that ceased operations in 2019 after a hack-related crisis.

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Key facts

Launch date
2014-01-01
Death date
2019-05-14
Years
2014–2019
Origin
New Zealand
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-04-05

URL handling

Preferred action
Use archived URL first for historical viewing.
URL status
Dead domain
Original URL
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/
Archived URL

Summary

New Zealand-based centralized exchange that ceased operations in 2019 after a hack-related crisis.

Timeline

January 2019 exchange hack
2019-01-01hackcritical

Official liquidation materials describe a serious January 2019 hack that caused severe operational and reputational damage.

Liquidators appointed and trading suspended
2019-05-14shutdown_effectivecritical

Cryptopia reached an operational end state associated with hack.

Evidence

Grant Thornton New Zealand2019-05-15official_statementhigh reliabilityeventarchive
Grant Thornton New Zealand2024-12-23official_statementhigh reliabilityeventarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
Official sources confirm a January 2019 hack and liquidation in May 2019. The stored record uses 2019-05-14 as the operational end marker based on the liquidator appointment date.
Revision state
Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.
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