Withdrawals suspendedcritical
Customer withdrawals became inaccessible
ACX collapsed abruptly in late 2019, with customers unable to withdraw funds from the platform.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
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2019
25 events on this pageShutdown announcedcritical
CryptoBridge shutdown announced
CryptoBridge announced it would close because of market conditions and increasing regulation.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
IDAX users lost withdrawal access amid CEO disappearance
Public reporting stated that withdrawals were suspended and that the exchange's CEO had gone missing, leaving users unable to access funds.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
Deposits and trading stopped
DX.Exchange stopped accepting deposits, suspended trading, cancelled open orders, and sought a merger or sale after stating that its security, support, and technology costs were not economically feasible on its own.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown effectivecritical
BiteBTC was marked dead and moved to scam-side handling
Public exchange-status sources marked BiteBTC as dead on 2019-11-01 after concluding that it was widely acknowledged as a scam.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Tokocrypto registered with Bappebti in November 2019
Tokocrypto became the first entity in Indonesia registered under the country's Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency in November 2019.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
Interim receiver secured Einstein Exchange
The Supreme Court of British Columbia appointed an interim receiver on 2019-11-01, which then secured the premises and shut down platform access.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
BiteBTC faced widespread scam and blocked-withdrawal accusations
Public exchange-status coverage recorded extensive user accusations describing BiteBTC as a scam and reporting serious platform trust issues.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Bankruptcy filingcritical
Employees petitioned to wind up the operating company
Employees of CX Technologies, identified in reporting as the company operating DX.Exchange, filed an Israeli court petition alleging unpaid wages and seeking to wind up the company.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
CoinExchange.io was treated as dead
Public exchange-status sources treated CoinExchange.io as dead on 2019-10-15.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
CoinExchange.io announced closure
Public exchange-status coverage stated that CoinExchange.io closed down on 2019-10-15 pursuant to a board decision made on 2019-10-01 and described the decision as purely business driven.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Shutdown announcedcritical
Aphelion announced exchange closure
Aphelion said it was taking steps to close the non-custodial exchange after low usage, operating losses, and weak token economics made the project unsustainable.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Bitso received a Gibraltar DLT provider licence
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission awarded a full Distributed Ledger Technology provider licence to Bitso's Gibraltar operating entity.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Nova ceased trading and API access
Nova said trading would cease and the API would be deactivated on 2019-10-07 as part of its shutdown schedule.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown effectivecritical
Operations wound down
BX Thailand reached its terminal operating state on the date used by HEI as the end marker.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivecritical
BITKER terminated exchange operations
BITKER ended exchange operations at 23:59:59 on September 2, 2019 after concluding that it could not recover from the losses caused by the May cyberattack.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown effectivecritical
Bitholic was moved to dead-side handling after rebranding
Public exchange-status sources marked Bitholic inactive on 2019-08-08 after it was acquired and thereafter known as Bithumb Singapore.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Bitholic announced transition to Bithumb Singapore
Public reporting stated that Bitholic changed its name to Bithumb Singapore as part of Bithumb's expansion into Singapore.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Rain received the first CBB Category 3 crypto-asset-services license
The Central Bank of Bahrain granted Rain Management W.L.L. the first license under its Crypto-Asset Module to provide Category 3 crypto-asset services.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown effectivecritical
NIX-E marked dead
Public exchange-status sources marked NIX-E as dead by 2019-07-18.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Service outagehigh
NIX-E showed terminal warning signs
By 2019-07-18, public exchange-status sources said NIX-E no longer reported volume to major sites, had an invalid site certificate, and appeared to have stale trading activity.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Shutdown effectivecritical
BitMarket was moved to dead-side handling after liquidity failure
Public exchange-status sources marked BitMarket inactive after the platform announced that it had ceased operations because of liquidity loss.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
BitMarket announced closure due to loss of liquidity
BitMarket posted a notice stating that, due to loss of liquidity, Bitmarket.pl/net was forced to cease operations from 2019-07-08.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown effectivecritical
C-CEX marked dead
Public exchange-status sources marked C-CEX as dead or closed by 2019-06-27.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Koinex permanently disabled trading
Koinex permanently disabled digital-asset trading on all platforms on 2019-06-27 and moved to withdrawals-only wind-down.
Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 3