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

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Timeline events563
Affected exchanges328
Critical events311
Event-linked sources949

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Incident mix

2026

18 events on this page
Regulatory actionhigh
BithumbCEXactive

Bithumb incident prompted regulatory inspection

South Korean regulators and authorities were reported to be inspecting Bithumb after the erroneous BTC crediting incident exposed internal-control and operational-risk concerns.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Withdrawals suspendedhigh
BithumbCEXactive

Bithumb restricted affected accounts after the crediting error

Bithumb restricted affected users' trading and withdrawals within about 35 minutes of the erroneous crediting incident and later recovered the vast majority of the mistaken balances.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown announcedhigh
GeminiCEXactive

Gemini announced UK, EEA, and Australia account closures

Gemini announced it would close customer accounts in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area, and Australia, with a phased regional wind-down ending on April 6, 2026.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical
Step FinanceHYBRIDdead

Step Finance suffered a major treasury breach

Step Finance suffered a treasury-wallet breach in late January 2026. Reports place the loss in a broad USD 26-40 million range depending on source and accounting for recovered or affected Remora assets.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actioncritical
ZedxionCEXlimited

OFAC designated Zedxion Exchange Ltd

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Zedxion Exchange Ltd under Iran-sector and counterterrorism authorities. Treasury stated that Zedxion-linked addresses had processed funds for wallets linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and designated the exchange for operating in Iran's financial sector and materially supporting the IRGC.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Regulatory actioncritical
ZedcexCEXlimited

OFAC designated Zedcex Exchange Ltd

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Zedcex Exchange Ltd pursuant to E.O. 13902 for operating in Iran's financial sector and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for materially supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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

BTCBOX suspended all services

BTCBOX suspended website and application access, account opening, crypto trading, Japanese-yen and crypto deposits and withdrawals, order functions, and transaction-history access from 2026-01-29 while conducting extended system and safety checks.

Status effect: inactiveConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Trading haltedcritical
ParadexDEXactive

Paradex pricing glitch triggered mass liquidations

A database migration / pricing-data error on Paradex briefly priced BTC at zero during maintenance, triggering mass unintended liquidations across perpetual markets.

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

2025

7 events on this page
Shutdown announcedcritical
Bit.comCEXdead

Bit.com announced a phased shutdown and user asset migration plan

Bit.com began a three-phase wind-down on December 27, 2025, disabled new user registrations, and directed users to withdraw assets or migrate balances to Matrixport.

Status effect: inactiveConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actionhigh
BybitCEXactive

Bybit announced Japan resident service restrictions

Bybit announced that it would discontinue services for Japanese residents and gradually apply account restrictions from 2026 in response to Japanese regulatory-compliance requirements, after earlier suspension of new Japan registrations.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
UpbitCEXactive

Upbit suspended deposits and withdrawals after abnormal activity

Upbit urgently suspended digital-asset deposits and withdrawals after detecting abnormal activity involving Solana-network tokens and moved remaining assets to cold wallets.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Hackcritical
UpbitCEXactive

Upbit suffered a Solana hot-wallet incident

Upbit detected abnormal withdrawals of Solana-network assets, with reporting estimating roughly USD 30-40 million or 54 billion KRW in assets transferred to an unauthorized external wallet.

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

Balancer v2 pools suffered a major exploit

Balancer v2 pools were exploited across multiple chains in November 2025, with secondary reports describing approximately USD 128 million drained and the flaw later cited as a source of legal exposure for Balancer Labs.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1