Exchange record
WEX
Cryptocurrency exchange launched after the BTC-e seizure and widely described as a successor platform for BTC-e users. WEX stopped functioning in late 2018 amid withdrawal failures, missing customer funds, and later law-enforcement actions involving former WEX leadership.
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Summary
Cryptocurrency exchange launched after the BTC-e seizure and widely described as a successor platform for BTC-e users. WEX stopped functioning in late 2018 amid withdrawal failures, missing customer funds, and later law-enforcement actions involving former WEX leadership.
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WEX emerged after the 2017 BTC-e enforcement action and was widely described as a successor service through which BTC-e customer accounts or balances moved to a new exchange environment.
Public references describe WEX as ceasing work in late 2018 without returning customer assets, with later reporting and legal action referring to missing funds from WEX accounts.
WEX reached its terminal operating state on the date used by HEI as the end marker.
Polish authorities arrested Dmitry Vasilyev, described in reporting as a former WEX head, on suspicion of fraud and money laundering tied to the exchange's operations and missing funds.