Historical Exchange IndexExchange IndexA quiet registry of crypto exchanges, active and gone.
Support

Exchange record

ezBtc

Material concerns / known unknowns

Active status and canonical inclusion are lifecycle facts, not safety endorsements. Flags below are derived from reviewed records and do not constitute a proprietary safety score.

Regulatory record
Material regulatory or registration-related record present
Withdrawal / service restriction
Material restriction event recorded
Fraud / misconduct record
Review timeline and evidence for allegation-versus-finding strength
Home / Dead / ezBtc

Exchange record

ezBtc

British Columbia-based centralized crypto trading platform that operated from late 2016 until going permanently offline around September 2019. In 2024 the British Columbia Securities Commission found that ezBtc and its directing mind committed securities fraud by misrepresenting customer-asset custody and diverting customer crypto assets to gambling sites and personal accounts.

CEXDeadScam / Rug
Also known as: EzBtc, EZBTC, ez-btc.ca, ezbtc.ca

Registry sequence

Previous
← Bitomat
Next
Rippex →

Key facts

Launch date
—
Death date
—
Years
—–—
Origin
Canada
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-08-28

URL handling

Preferred action
Use current URL handling based on status below.
URL status
Unknown
Original URL
https://ez-btc.ca/
Archived URL
View archived site

Summary

British Columbia-based centralized crypto trading platform that operated from late 2016 until going permanently offline around September 2019. In 2024 the British Columbia Securities Commission found that ezBtc and its directing mind committed securities fraud by misrepresenting customer-asset custody and diverting customer crypto assets to gambling sites and personal accounts.

Timeline

BCSC panel found ezBtc and David Smillie committed securities fraud
2024-08-07regulatory_actioncritical

The British Columbia Securities Commission panel found that ezBtc and David Smillie perpetrated fraud by lying about custody of customer crypto assets and diverting customer assets for their own purposes, including transfers to gambling sites and personal accounts on other crypto platforms.

BCSC imposed sanctions following the ezBtc fraud findings
2024-11-27regulatory_actionhigh

The British Columbia Securities Commission issued its sanctions decision after the fraud findings, ordering financial sanctions and imposing permanent market restrictions on David Smillie and ezBtc.

Evidence

David Smillie and 1081627 B.C. Ltd. operating as ezBtc — Findings
British Columbia Securities Commission2024-08-12regulatory_noticehigh reliabilitydeath_reasonarchive
B.C.-based crypto trading platform defrauded customers of $13 million
British Columbia Securities Commission2024-08-12regulatory_noticehigh reliabilityeventarchive
David Smillie; 1081627 B.C. Ltd. operating as ezBtc — hearing details
British Columbia Securities Commission—regulatory_noticehigh reliabilityeventarchive
BCSC imposes nearly $20 million in sanctions for crypto trading platform fraud
British Columbia Securities Commission2024-12-02regulatory_noticehigh reliabilityeventarchive

Related records

CEX
Allcoin
CEX
Cointrader
CEX
Einstein Exchange
CEX
MapleChange

Notes and record state

Record note
BCSC findings state that ezBtc accepted its first customer deposits in December 2016 and went offline permanently in or around September 2019. HEI leaves both launch_date and death_date null because neither statement provides an exact calendar day. The same final findings establish fraud involving false custody representations and diversion of customer crypto assets, supporting scam_rug rather than an unproven allegation-based classification. BCSC identifies 1081627 B.C. Ltd. as incorporated in British Columbia. Regulatory findings and sanctions occurred years after the platform stopped operating and therefore are recorded as post-operation regulatory_action events, not as the exchange death date. Historical sources use both ez-btc.ca and ezbtc.ca forms; HEI preserves both as identity aliases and keeps current URL status unknown rather than inferring DNS continuity.
Revision state
Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.
This record may be incomplete or revised. Dead-side entries prefer archived URLs over original domains. Dates, causes, and classifications may change when stronger evidence becomes available. Contact / corrections

Navigation

Registry
Back to home
Dead-side
Open dead view
Contact / Corrections
Open form
GitHub Issues
Open GitHub issue