Historical Exchange IndexExchange 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.

Page 8 of 22 · showing 176200 of 543

Timeline events543
Affected exchanges324
Critical events301
Event-linked sources913

Leading recorded types

Incident mix

2024

25 events on this page
Service outagehigh

Bololex Exchange website became inaccessible

Public exchange-status coverage stated that the Bololex Exchange website could not be accessed on 2024-09-18 and that there had been no preceding notice of maintenance, migration, or recovery plans.

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

Indodax suffered a security incident and paused services

Indodax suffered a security incident on September 11, 2024, entered maintenance, and restored full operations after roughly 80 hours while stating that user funds remained safe.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown effectivehigh
ABCCCEXactive

ABCC ended its Singapore virtual-asset exchange operation

Alphabit Consulting Pte Ltd set 2024-08-23 as the closure date for ABCC's Singapore virtual-asset exchange business after disabling Singapore trading and onboarding, while global users were transferred to ABCC Global.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actioncritical
ezBtcCEXdead

BCSC panel found ezBtc and David Smillie committed securities fraud

The British Columbia Securities Commission panel found that ezBtc and David Smillie perpetrated fraud by lying about custody of customer crypto assets and diverting customer assets for their own purposes, including transfers to gambling sites and personal accounts on other crypto platforms.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actionhigh
BitloCEXactive

Bitlo appeared on Turkey's SPK operating-platform list

Turkey's Capital Markets Board published Bitlo among crypto-asset service providers that had applied under the 2024 transition framework and were listed as continuing operations.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actionmedium
ParibuCEXactive

Paribu entered Turkey's transitional crypto service-provider list

Turkey's Capital Markets Board included Paribu's trading-platform and custody entities in the transitional list of crypto-asset service providers that declared an intention to continue operating under the new regulatory framework.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Regulatory actionmedium
BitexenCEXactive

Bitexen entered Turkey's transitional operating list

Turkey's Capital Markets Board included Bitexen among crypto-asset service providers that declared an intention to continue operating under the new statutory framework.

Status effect: activeConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Withdrawals suspendedcritical
WazirXCEXactive

WazirX halted withdrawals and trading after the breach

Following the July 2024 breach, WazirX suspended platform operations including withdrawals and trading, producing a roughly 15-16 month interruption before phased restart.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actionmedium
CoinmetroCEXactive

Estonian FIU issued compliance precepts to Coinmetro OÜ

The Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit published supervisory precepts concerning Coinmetro OÜ's failure to submit required auditor reporting on own funds in July 2024 and again in July 2025.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical
WazirXCEXactive

WazirX suffered a USD 230-235 million hack

WazirX suffered a large hack in July 2024 that drained roughly USD 230-235 million from the platform and led to a long suspension and restructuring process.

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

Exnomy published service termination notice

Public exchange-status coverage captured a notice stating that EXNOMY services were terminated on July 8, 2024, that trading was no longer possible, and that asset withdrawals had to be requested by email.

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

Japan's FSA warned LBank over unregistered exchange activity

Japan's Financial Services Agency issued a warning stating that LBank had provided crypto-asset exchange services to Japanese residents over the internet without registration.

Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical

Lykke Exchange suffered a major security breach

Lykke Exchange suffered unauthorized access on June 4, 2024 that resulted in approximately $22 million of digital assets being removed from the platform.

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

DMM Bitcoin suffered an unauthorized BTC outflow

DMM Bitcoin suffered an unauthorized outflow of bitcoin in 2024, widely reported as approximately 4,502.9 BTC and roughly JPY 48 billion at the time.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Shutdown effectivehigh
HanbitcoCEXdead

Hanbitco ended exchange trading support

Hanbitco's shutdown schedule ended trading support on 2024-05-16 after new registrations and crypto deposits had stopped on 2024-05-09; withdrawal support remained available through 2024-07-16 as a run-off service.

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