Recorded event types
Monthly snapshot
August 2026
Monthly exchange history snapshot
A reviewed monthly view of exchange closures, incidents, record additions, and evidence-backed registry change.
Review period 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31Snapshot generated 2026-09-01
Recorded events7
Affected exchanges7
Critical / high7
Event-linked evidence11
Recorded impact levels
Impact mix
Registry state at snapshot generation
Current reviewed registry context
Entities 1069Events 1097Evidence 4026
Bitget announced the end of services for residents of Japan
Bitget announced that it would cease serving residents of Japan, stop new registrations after 2026-08-03, place affected accounts in close-only mode from 2026-11-01, and forcibly close remaining positions from 2026-12-31 while keeping withdrawals available.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Trading haltedcritical
Boltz disabled all swap services until further notice
Boltz disabled all swap services after reporting a sustained increase in automated AI-assisted probing, several contained exploits, and internal security-scan findings that made a responsible restart untenable. Cooperative and non-cooperative refund paths and customer support remained available.
Status effect: inactiveConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Reopenedhigh
BTCBOX partially resumed login and crypto deposits
BTCBOX's official reopening schedule made login and crypto-asset deposit services available from 10:00 JST on 2026-08-03, while crypto withdrawals, exchange trading, and easy-buy services remained suspended.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
BitradeX acknowledged withdrawal delays and account-specific restrictions
At the BitradeX Tokyo Summit, the CEO acknowledged that some users had experienced withdrawal delays and said certain accounts were subject to withdrawal restrictions while the platform reviewed them for abnormal trading behavior; BitradeX said trading and withdrawal services for the majority of users were operating normally.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Regulatory actioncritical
U.S. sanctions were imposed on Shelbit and its founder
Reuters reported that the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Shelbit, founder Siavash Kayvanpour and associated companies, alleging that Shelbit processed digital assets for Iran-linked sanctioned actors including the IRGC.
Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
MANTRA Chain halt froze on-chain transactions
MANTRA Chain halted block production and froze endpoints and transactions while investigating a security incident later isolated to its Cosmos EVM module. MANTRA said two wallet addresses were affected, no user funds were exploited, and a patched release and coordinated restart were being prepared.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
IZAKA-YA disclosed temporary transfer and withdrawal restrictions for some accounts
IZAKA-YA stated that suspected illicit-fund inflows or money-laundering signals had been identified in some transactions and that affected accounts were temporarily restricted from transfers and withdrawals while being investigated. The operator stated that this was not a uniform platform-wide halt and that ordinary transfers and withdrawals could also take longer during enhanced monitoring.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1