MercuriEx was treated as dead by year-end 2020
Public dead-side coverage placed MercuriEx in the 2020-12-31 business-reasons cohort.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
LCX obtained eight Liechtenstein FMA registrations
LCX AG became registered with the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority under number 288159 for eight trusted-technology service-provider activities, including exchange and custody services.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Livecoin was moved to dead-side handling
Public exchange-status sources marked Livecoin as dead on 2020-12-27 after the hacker attack, before the later formal closure notice.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Livecoin reported a major platform attack
Public reporting stated that Livecoin lost control over parts of its infrastructure during a late-December 2020 attack and the platform became unsafe to use.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Altilly suffered a major security breach
Public exchange trackers and reviews describe Altilly as having suffered a late-2020 security breach, after which the service became inaccessible or inactive.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Altilly detected the compromise that destroyed exchange infrastructure
Altilly detected suspicious activity on December 23, 2020 before attackers gained administrative access, stole high-value hot-wallet assets, deleted production servers and backups, and left remaining exchange wallet data inaccessible.
Status effect: inactiveConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Binance Jersey fully shut down
Binance Jersey wound down through November 2020 and fully shut down on 2020-11-30.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Binance Uganda fully shut down
Binance Uganda announced a phased wind-down and fully shut down on 2020-11-28.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
MercuriEx closure update surfaced
Public exchange-status coverage preserved a 2020-11-18 update stating that MercuriEx was closing down.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
KuCoin disclosed a major hot-wallet security breach
KuCoin disclosed that private keys associated with hot wallets had been compromised and that large quantities of crypto assets were transferred out of the exchange. The exchange remained active and later reported substantial recovery and insurance coverage.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Eterbase suffered a major hot-wallet hack
Public reporting stated that Eterbase lost more than five million dollars from compromised hot wallets and entered maintenance mode.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
NLExch marked dead
Public exchange-status sources marked NLExch as closed and moved it to the exchange graveyard on 2020-09-01.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
ANXPRO was moved to dead-side handling
Public exchange-status sources treated ANXPRO as inactive after the exchange stated that it would not resume digital-asset exchange services.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
NLExch closure statement surfaced
A public update stated that NLExch had closed down and cited Dutch registration requirements and related operating costs.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 0