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

2023

17 events on this page
Shutdown effectivehigh

Aryana Exchange marked dead after website became inaccessible

Cryptowisser reported on 2023-03-23 that it was unable to access Aryana Exchange's website and marked the exchange dead. CoinMarketCap, CoinCarp, and BitDegree show untracked, inactive, or no current market data.

Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 4
Regulatory actionhigh
KrakenCEXactive

Kraken ended U.S. on-chain staking after an SEC settlement

Kraken agreed to end its on-chain staking service for U.S. clients and pay $30 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties to settle SEC charges.

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

2022

8 events on this page
Exploitcritical
RaydiumDEXactive

Compromised pool authority enabled a Raydium liquidity-pool exploit

A malicious actor gained control of Raydium Liquidity Pool V4's pool-owner authority and withdrew assets through fee-accounting instructions. Raydium revoked the compromised authority, deployed a mitigation and later moved authority controls to multisig infrastructure.

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

DEEX marked dead after closure report

Cryptowisser reported on 2022-12-02 that DEEX had financial issues, did not manage to get services fully operational, and closed. Other trackers later showed no active market data or an offline website.

Status effect: deadConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 5
Service outagehigh
BQTCEXdead

BQT platform showed no sign of active operations

Public exchange-status coverage stated that the BQT website was up but the exchange could not be accessed and the firm's last visible social activity had been earlier in 2022.

Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 0
Shutdown effectivecritical
SerumDEXdead

Project Serum declared the original mainnet program defunct

Project Serum stated that the collapse of Alameda and FTX had rendered the original Serum mainnet program defunct. It pointed users and protocols toward the community-led OpenBook fork, noting that Serum liquidity and volume had fallen to near zero and that the old program carried security risk.

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