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

2024

19 events on this page
Exploithigh
ALEXDEXactive

ALEX disclosed security incident / exploit context

ALEX is included as an event-backed DEX/protocol record because the protocol has public security-incident history in addition to exchange database references.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Regulatory actionhigh
BTC-eCEXdead

Alexander Vinnik pleaded guilty to money-laundering conspiracy

The U.S. Department of Justice announced in May 2024 that Alexander Vinnik pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with BTC-e's operation.

Status effect: deadConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
BitcoinToYouCEXlimited

Customers reported a broad withdrawal freeze

Reliable reporting documented that BitcoinToYou customers had been unable to withdraw funds since early April 2024 and that the exchange had not publicly explained the interruption at the time of reporting.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actionhigh
MEXCCEXactive

Hong Kong's SFC warned against unlicensed MEXC activity

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission warned that MEXC was actively promoting virtual-asset trading services to Hong Kong investors without a licence application and added it to the Suspicious Virtual Asset Trading Platforms Alert List.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actioncritical
BitForexCEXlimited

Hong Kong SFC warned public about BitForex

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission warned the public about suspected virtual asset fraud involving BitForex and placed BitForex on its Suspicious Virtual Asset Trading Platforms Alert List.

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

Huobi Korea ended virtual-asset exchange services

Huobi Korea terminated its exchange services on 2024-01-29 after concluding that the current business environment made continued operation impractical. Customer withdrawals remained available after the shutdown.

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

2023

6 events on this page
Exploitcritical
KyberSwapDEXactive

KyberSwap Elastic liquidity pools were affected by a security incident

A November 2023 security incident affected KyberSwap Elastic liquidity pools. KyberSwap later published a postmortem and established a treasury grant program for eligible affected users.

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

HTX hot wallet was affected by a cyberattack

HTX reported that a cyberattack affected assets in its hot wallet and temporarily disrupted services; withdrawal functionality was subsequently restored for major assets.

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

Binance entered coordinated U.S. criminal and civil resolutions

Binance Holdings pleaded guilty to U.S. anti-money-laundering, unlicensed money-transmitting, and sanctions violations and entered coordinated resolutions with DOJ, CFTC, FinCEN, and OFAC requiring more than USD 4.3 billion in aggregate penalties and compliance remediation.

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