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LiteBit announced that it intended to terminate its activities because of market developments, increased competition, and mounting regulatory pressure, while offering customers a path to move assets to Bitvavo subject to regulatory approval.
Centralized exchange founded in 2018 that ceased CEX operations in May 2023 after deteriorating operating conditions and earlier disruption tied to an investigation.
Bittrex filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after announcing the wind-down of its U.S. operations.
CoinLoan received a notice of restraint on disposition and halted user operations, including withdrawals, while bankruptcy proceedings were reported as underway.
The SEC charged Bittrex, Inc. and its former CEO for operating an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. The SEC also charged Bittrex Global GmbH in connection with shared order-book allegations, but this record remains the Bittrex U.S. entity record.
Bitrue identified an exploit of one hot wallet on April 14, 2023 that removed approximately USD 23 million in several crypto-assets and prompted a temporary withdrawal suspension and security review.
The exchange announced that its Liechtenstein entity had obtained approval for registration as a Trustworthy Technology Exchange Service Provider under the TVTG, subject to a condition precedent.
BITFRONT's phased closure reached its terminal service date after the operator had announced that all services would end by March 2023.
BITFRONT's closure notice wound down service in stages and ended withdrawals and remaining customer access on 2023-03-31.
Bittrex announced it would wind down U.S. operations, with trading ending in April 2023 and customers told to withdraw funds by the end of that month.
Beaxy ceased operations after the U.S. SEC charged the platform and associated parties with operating as an unregistered exchange, broker, and clearing agency.
Public exchange-status sources reported the website was inaccessible on 2023-03-23 and marked Bleutrade as dead.
Cryptowisser reported on 2023-03-23 that it was unable to access Aryana Exchange's website and marked the exchange dead. CoinMarketCap, CoinCarp, and BitDegree show untracked, inactive, or no current market data.
The Rock Trading suspended platform operations in February 2023, with later reporting and legal references describing insolvency and liquidation proceedings.
The Rock Trading said it had to interrupt operation of its platform because of difficulties encountered in liquidity management.
LocalBitcoins suspended trading and normal wallet use on 2023-02-16, leaving withdrawals only afterward.
LocalBitcoins announced a staged discontinuation schedule, starting with suspension of new signups on 2023-02-09 and a planned trading suspension on 2023-02-16.
Kraken agreed to end its on-chain staking service for U.S. clients and pay $30 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties to settle SEC charges.
Public exchange-status sources marked Coindirect as dead-side on 2023-01-24 after access to retail accounts was set to be disabled the same day.
Coindirect announced that it was closing down its retail service after five years and would focus on its B2B business instead.
Public exchange-status sources marked Bitzlato dead on 2023-01-18 after the founder arrest and shutdown-triggering enforcement action.
Public reporting stated that the arrest of Bitzlato's founder and concurrent enforcement action resulted in the platform being required to shut down.
Public exchange-status sources marked C-Trade as dead on 2023-01-11 after the exchange posted a notice about building a brand new platform.
By 2023-01-11, public exchange-status sources said the website was inaccessible and marked AAX as dead.
By 2023-01-11, public exchange-status sources stated that the C-Trade platform was not possible to use.