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

Reviewed event layer

Exchange incidents

Browse reviewed exchange incidents and lifecycle disruptions linked back to entity dossiers and supporting evidence.

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Timeline events485
Affected exchanges286
Critical events274
Event-linked sources825

Leading recorded types

Incident mix

2021

11 events on this page
Shutdown effectivehigh
6xCEXdead

6x marked dead after website became inaccessible

Cryptowisser reported that it could not access the 6x Exchange website on 2021-03-15 and marked the exchange dead in its Exchange Graveyard. Other trackers show the exchange as untracked or without current market data.

Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 4
Service outagehigh
UniDAXCEXdead

UniDAX website became inaccessible

Public exchange-status coverage stated that UniDAX could not be accessed on 2021-03-11 and that there was no accompanying information on system maintenance or similar continuity messaging.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Exploitcritical
DODODEXactive

Several DODO V2 Crowdpool pools were affected by a security incident

Several DODO V2 Crowdpool pools were affected by a March 2021 security incident. Public incident analyses and partner updates stated that other V1 and non-Crowdpool V2 pools were not affected, and recovery work followed.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2

2020

14 events on this page
Regulatory actionhigh
LCXCEXactive

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
Hackcritical
LivecoinCEXdead

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
Hackcritical
AltillyCEXinactive

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
Hackcritical
AltillyCEXinactive

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
Hackcritical
KuCoinCEXactive

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
Hackcritical
EterbaseCEXdead

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