Recorded event types
Monthly snapshot
September 2026
Monthly exchange history snapshot
A reviewed monthly view of exchange closures, incidents, record additions, and evidence-backed registry change.
Review period 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30Snapshot generated 2026-10-07
Recorded events11
Affected exchanges8
Critical / high11
Event-linked evidence22
Recorded impact levels
Impact mix
Registry state at snapshot generation
Current reviewed registry context
Entities 1075Events 1140Evidence 4111
Thai SEC filed criminal complaint over Holdstation operations
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission filed a criminal complaint against three Holdstation developers and principal operators, alleging that the Holdstation application operated a fee-charging digital asset brokerage business without a license and solicited users through Thai-language services.
Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Japan FSA published warning concerning Izakaya Limited
Japan's Financial Services Agency published that it had issued a warning to Izakaya Limited concerning unregistered crypto-asset exchange business in Japan.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
Service outagehigh
WOO X acknowledged withdrawal-processing delays
After multiple users reported withdrawals remaining pending or processing for unusually long periods, WOO X said it was reviewing affected cases and system status and that some requests might remain under review or on-chain processing. The statement did not announce a platform-wide withdrawal suspension or identify a security breach or solvency issue.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown announcedcritical
CoinEx announced an orderly wind-down
CoinEx announced that it would cease operations through a staged wind-down: new registrations and new non-spot subscriptions/orders stopped on September 15, non-spot services were scheduled to cease on September 22, spot trading and CoinEx Smart Chain / OneSwap on September 29, and the exchange platform after the withdrawal window on December 22, 2026.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Shutdown announcedcritical
OneSwap announced discontinuation of all services
OneSwap announced that all services would discontinue at 02:00 UTC on September 29, 2026 in connection with the shutdown of CoinEx Smart Chain and the CoinEx exchange platform.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
OFAC designated Iranian BitBank under E.O. 13902
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control added BITBANK, also identified as BITBANK3, to the Specially Designated Nationals List under Executive Order 13902. Treasury identified BitBank as an Iranian digital-assets exchange controlled by sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani and alleged that it formed part of a sanctions-evasion network and facilitated Bitcoin transfers to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Status effect: noneConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 3
Shutdown announcedcritical
IZAKA-YA announced service termination for Japan-targeted customers
IZAKA-YA announced that service would end for all customers residing in Japan regardless of nationality and for Japanese nationals living abroad. It said new registration and new lending would stop for the affected population, the Japanese-language site would close at the end of September, and the withdrawal procedure would remain available until asset-return handling was completed.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1
U.S. prosecutors reportedly opened Iran-sanctions compliance probe into Binance
Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that federal prosecutors were investigating whether Binance violated U.S. sanctions on Iran and whether it knowingly allowed prohibited trading on its platform. Reuters reported that a source confirmed the probe.
Status effect: activeConfidence: mediumDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Hackcritical
Bitget confirmed unauthorized transfers from hot and warm wallet layers
Bitget said its security systems detected unauthorized transfers at 18:31 UTC affecting a limited portion of its hot and warm wallet infrastructure. The exchange later revised the affected amount from approximately USD 351.6 million to approximately USD 387.5 million after classifying additional affected assets on Zcash and TRON. Bitget later said attackers exploited a vulnerability in a third-party security product to steal intranet access credentials and forge withdrawal commands that bypassed risk verification; private keys were not compromised.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 5
Bitget temporarily suspended withdrawals pending security review
Bitget temporarily paused withdrawals as a precaution while reviewing the September 24 wallet security incident. A phased restoration plan was then announced, with BTC withdrawals confirmed open again on September 28 and broader restoration scheduled through October 2.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 2
Reopenedhigh
Bitget began phased withdrawal restoration
Bitget confirmed that BTC withdrawals on the Bitcoin and BSC networks reopened at 08:00 UTC on September 28 after additional security validation. ETH, USDT, other supported tokens, fiat and P2P services were scheduled to resume progressively through October 2.
Status effect: limitedConfidence: highDirect event-linked evidence: 1