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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

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Incident mix

2025

25 events on this page
Hackcritical
BigONECEXactive

BigONE disclosed a USD 27 million security incident

BigONE reported that a third-party supply-chain attack modified operating logic and enabled unauthorized transfers from hot wallets, with losses estimated at approximately USD 27 million.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Trading haltedcritical
GMXDEXactive

GMX disabled v1 trading and GLP mint/redeem

GMX disabled GMX v1 trading and GLP mint/redeem functionality on Arbitrum and Avalanche after the exploit, while stating or reporting that GMX v2 was unaffected.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Exploitcritical
GMXDEXactive

GMX v1 / GLP was exploited for about USD 42 million

GMX v1 / GLP on Arbitrum was exploited for about USD 42 million, with the attacker later offered a white-hat bounty and some funds reportedly returned.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actionhigh
BitvavoCEXactive

Bitvavo announced Dutch MiCA authorisation

Bitvavo announced that the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets had authorised Bitvavo B.V. as a crypto-asset service provider under the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actionhigh

Coinbase announced Luxembourg MiCA authorization

Coinbase announced that Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. had received authorization from Luxembourg's CSSF as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, supporting regulated service provision across the EU and EEA through the Luxembourg entity.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical
NobitexCEXactive

Nobitex suffered a politically motivated hack

Nobitex was attacked by hackers identifying as Predatory Sparrow / Gonjeshke Darande, with roughly USD 90 million in crypto assets transferred to inaccessible or burned addresses and source-code exposure threatened.

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

Nobitex suffered major security breach

Nobitex suffered a major security incident in June 2025. Public reporting and blockchain analysis described more than $90 million in crypto assets being transferred to inaccessible addresses in an apparently politically motivated attack.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actionhigh
BybitCEXactive

Bybit EU GmbH received Austrian MiCAR authorization

Austria's Financial Market Authority granted Bybit EU GmbH authorization as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCAR for custody, exchange, placing, and transfer services, supporting Bybit's regulated EEA platform rollout.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Exploitcritical

Cetus Protocol suffered a major exploit

Cetus Protocol suffered a major exploit on May 22, 2025, with reports estimating about USD 223 million to USD 260 million drained from Sui/Aptos liquidity pools and more than USD 160 million of assets later frozen or recovered through the Sui ecosystem response.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actioncritical
eXchCEXdead

German authorities seized eXch infrastructure

The Frankfurt public prosecutor's cybercrime unit and the BKA seized the Germany-based server infrastructure of eXch and confiscated cryptocurrency assets, with support from the Dutch FIOD.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown announcedcritical
eXchCEXdead

eXch announced it would cease operations

eXch announced that it would cease operations on May 1, 2025, describing a management decision to cease and retreat in the hostile legal and surveillance environment.

Status effect: inactiveConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actioncritical
eXchCEXdead

eXch cited law-enforcement pressure and laundering allegations

eXch said it had become the target of an active transatlantic operation amid allegations that Lazarus Group used the platform to launder funds from the Bybit hack; earlier reporting said eXch denied being a mixer but acknowledged processing a small portion of funds from the incident.

Status effect: inactiveConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Exploitcritical
KiloExDEXactive

KiloEx suffered a price-oracle exploit

KiloEx suffered an approximately USD 7 million price-oracle manipulation exploit across multiple chains, including Base, BNB Chain, and Taiko exposure.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actionhigh
OKXCEXactive

OKX paused its DEX aggregator after Lazarus misuse concerns

OKX temporarily suspended its decentralized exchange aggregator after consulting regulators, citing efforts to prevent further misuse by Lazarus-linked activity and to apply security upgrades during heightened EU/MiCA scrutiny of its Web3 service.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actioncritical
GarantexCEXdead

Services suspended after sanctions and wallet blocking

Garantex suspended services after Tether blocked wallets on the platform, with international enforcement activity and web-infrastructure seizure following in the same period.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3