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
U.S. Treasury designated Bitpin under Iran sanctions authority
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Bitpin pursuant to Executive Order 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
U.S. Treasury designated Ramzinex under Iran sanctions authority
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Ramzinex pursuant to Executive Order 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
LINE BITMAX service ended
LINE BITMAX reached its announced termination date. The official service site and help center subsequently displayed that the service had ended on 2026-06-01.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Tapp Exchange reached its frontend shutdown date
The published wind-down schedule set 2026-05-31 as the end of normal protocol access and the date the Tapp Exchange frontend would be taken offline. After that point, remaining withdrawals were expected to require direct smart-contract interaction.
Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
UK designated EXMO EXCHANGE LIMITED under Russia sanctions
The United Kingdom added EXMO EXCHANGE LIMITED to its Russia sanctions list, imposing measures including an asset freeze, trust-services sanctions, director disqualification, internet-services sanctions, and correspondent-banking and payment-processing restrictions.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
VBTC announced a full platform sunset by the end of 2026
BitcoinVN concluded that VBTC was no longer the right vehicle for its future trading strategy and scheduled the full VBTC service shutdown for the end of 2026.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Companies House dissolved Zedxion Exchange Ltd
Companies House recorded the final compulsory strike-off and dissolution of Zedxion Exchange Ltd on 2026-05-12. The registrar stated that the action related to incorporation information or statements considered misleading, false, or deceptive. The public exchange website nevertheless remained accessible after the dissolution date, so HEI records a limited rather than terminal dead-side status.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Companies House dissolved Zedcex Exchange Ltd
Companies House recorded final compulsory strike-off and dissolution of Zedcex Exchange Ltd on 2026-05-12. The registrar's notice states that the section 1002A action related to incorporation information or statements considered misleading, false, or deceptive.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
SIA Paybis Europe received MiCA and PSD2 licences in Latvia
Latvijas Banka decided on May 12, 2026 to issue SIA Paybis Europe both a MiCA crypto-asset service provider licence and a payment-institution licence under PSD2.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Coinmetro announced renewal of its Estonian FIU licence
Coinmetro announced that Coinmetro OÜ had secured renewal of its Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit virtual-asset-service licence.
Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
AFSA trading-facility licence withdrawn by participant
AFSA records Swiftex.io Limited's Digital Asset Trading Facility licence as no longer active after participant withdrawal.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Tapp Exchange announced a phased protocol shutdown
Tapp Exchange announced that it had begun winding down the protocol. The team said normal access and withdrawals would remain available through 2026-05-31 and asked users to remove assets before the frontend was retired.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
CoinSpot reported an Australian Financial Services Licence
CoinSpot reported that it began holding an Australian Financial Services Licence with a non-cash-payments authorisation on April 29, 2026.
Status effect: activeConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Crex24 has no active tracked markets
Current exchange trackers show Crex24 with no available market data, no tracked volume, or as no longer operational.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 3