IZAKA-YA disclosed temporary transfer and withdrawal restrictions for some accounts
IZAKA-YA stated that suspected illicit-fund inflows or money-laundering signals had been identified in some transactions and that affected accounts were temporarily restricted from transfers and withdrawals while being investigated. The operator stated that this was not a uniform platform-wide halt and that ordinary transfers and withdrawals could also take longer during enhanced monitoring.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
MANTRA Chain halt froze on-chain transactions
MANTRA Chain halted block production and froze endpoints and transactions while investigating a security incident later isolated to its Cosmos EVM module. MANTRA said two wallet addresses were affected, no user funds were exploited, and a patched release and coordinated restart were being prepared.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
U.S. sanctions were imposed on Shelbit and its founder
Reuters reported that the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Shelbit, founder Siavash Kayvanpour and associated companies, alleging that Shelbit processed digital assets for Iran-linked sanctioned actors including the IRGC.
Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
BitradeX acknowledged withdrawal delays and account-specific restrictions
At the BitradeX Tokyo Summit, the CEO acknowledged that some users had experienced withdrawal delays and said certain accounts were subject to withdrawal restrictions while the platform reviewed them for abnormal trading behavior; BitradeX said trading and withdrawal services for the majority of users were operating normally.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Bitget announced the end of services for residents of Japan
Bitget announced that it would cease serving residents of Japan, stop new registrations after 2026-08-03, place affected accounts in close-only mode from 2026-11-01, and forcibly close remaining positions from 2026-12-31 while keeping withdrawals available.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Boltz disabled all swap services until further notice
Boltz disabled all swap services after reporting a sustained increase in automated AI-assisted probing, several contained exploits, and internal security-scan findings that made a responsible restart untenable. Cooperative and non-cooperative refund paths and customer support remained available.
Status effect: inactiveConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
BitradeX reported staged restoration of regional account functions
BitradeX said account functions in more than 10 countries and regions had returned to normal while accounts in some other countries and regions were still undergoing system adaptation and functional repair.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
BitMart announced an orderly wind-down
BitMart announced phased restrictions beginning July 26, 2026, a stop to spot, futures, and other trading services on August 26, 2026, and planned termination of trading-platform operations on January 31, 2027.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Dango announced project wind-down
Dango announced that trading would halt on 29 July 2026 at 12:00 UTC and that the Dango Layer 1 network would stop on 13 August 2026 at 12:00 UTC.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
VARA fined Shelbit and ordered an immediate cease and desist
Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority said Shelbit General Trading L.L.C had continued providing virtual-asset services without a valid licence, onboarding users without required KYC checks and marketing services without authorisation. VARA imposed financial penalties and directed the entity to cease all unlicensed virtual-asset activities in or from Dubai immediately.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
BitMEX announced exchange closure
BitMEX announced that exchange services will end on 23 September 2026 at 04:00 UTC. New account registrations stopped immediately, and reduce-only limits are scheduled from 26 August during the wind-down.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Odos announced permanent service shutdown
The company operating Odos announced that the application would move to read-only mode on 27 July 2026 and that all company-operated services would shut down permanently on 30 July 2026.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
EU adopted transaction restrictions naming HTX
The European Union adopted its 21st Russia sanctions package and listed HTX (HUOBI GLOBAL SA) in Annex XIX Part A, with the transaction restriction taking effect on 2026-08-23.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
EU adopted transaction restrictions naming EXMO
The European Union adopted its 21st Russia sanctions package and listed EXMO Ltd in Annex XIX Part A, with the transaction restriction taking effect on 2026-08-23.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
AFX-operated custody bridge was drained after validator infrastructure compromise
AFX reported a targeted software-supply-chain intrusion that progressed through internal infrastructure to a subset of DEX validators. Compromised validators co-signed a bridge call that transferred assets from the AFX-operated custody bridge; independent reporting measured the drain at approximately 24.15 million USDC. AFX suspended bridge-related operations and isolated the affected validator cluster during containment.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
CLS vault exploit halted Cascade trading and withdrawals
Attackers accumulated long positions in thin-liquidity markets, manipulated mark prices upward, and caused the Cascade Liquidity Strategy vault's opposing positions to be liquidated and auto-deleveraged. Cascade reported approximately 1.34 million USDC in losses and paused all trading and withdrawals.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
EXMO announced an orderly wind-down and closure
EXMO.com announced that it had begun an orderly wind-down after sanctions left operations almost completely paralyzed. It closed new registrations and deposits, restricted trading to closing/conversion activity, and urged users to withdraw unfrozen assets.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
AscendEX ceased operations
AscendEX stated that it ceased operations effective July 1, 2026. New account opening, deposits, trading, swaps, staking, lending, referrals, promotions, and other crypto-asset services ended, leaving only limited wind-down and offboarding access subject to platform and legal constraints.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Loopring DEX trading and relayer shut down
Loopring announced that all DEX trading services would cease immediately and took the relayer offline on June 28, 2026.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
CMF rejected Orionx registration and authorization requests
Chile's Financial Market Commission rejected Orionx SpA's registration and authorization requests for covered Fintech Law services, ending its transitional authorization and requiring it to refrain from new regulated operations while concluding existing ones.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Oxium announced an August 2026 wind-down
Oxium announced that it would wind down operations and close its front-end interface on August 1, 2026 after low revenue made continued operation financially unsustainable.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
VARA fined CoinMENA over AML control failures
Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority announced a financial penalty against CoinMENA FZE after identifying administrative and internal-control failures in its anti-money-laundering programme and stated that CoinMENA had begun a coordinated remediation plan.
Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
OFAC designated Nobitex under U.S. sanctions authorities
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Nobitex under Executive Orders 13224 and 13902, citing support for the IRGC and operation in Iran's financial sector and warning of sanctions exposure for certain counterparties.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
United States announced sanctions against Nobitex
The U.S. Treasury announced sanctions targeting Nobitex and other Iranian digital-asset exchanges. Reuters and AP reported the action and the Treasury's stated sanctions-evasion rationale.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
U.S. Treasury designated Wallex under Iran sanctions authority
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Wallex pursuant to Executive Order 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1