Exchange Graveyard
Dead exchanges, stolen funds, and broken promises. Where centralized trust went to die.
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StandX: Ex-Binance Futures Chief's Exchange Is Closing, and the Token Is Cancelled
StandX, run by Binance Futures' former boss, is closing. Its 237,000 users get a one-off dollar airdrop instead of the token many traded months to earn.
CoinEx: A $3.84B Iran Report in June, a Shutdown in September
CoinEx is closing after nine years, 12 weeks after TRM Labs traced $3.84B between it and sanctioned Iranian firms. CoinEx denies the claims.
BitMart: It Survived a $150 Million Hack in 2021. It Is Closing in 2027 Anyway
BitMart survived a $150 million hack in 2021. In July 2026 it said it is closing anyway, with no real reason given, and its BMX token fell 58%.
BitMEX: It Never Lost a Dollar to Hackers in 11 Years, and Closed Anyway
BitMEX, the exchange that invented the 100x perpetual swap, shut on September 23. Hackers never beat it. Five years of missing paperwork did.
AscendEX: It Blamed a Missing License, but $240 Million Left 11 Days Earlier
AscendEX blamed a new EU licence rule for its 1 July 2026 shutdown. Public wallet records show $240 million had left eleven days earlier.
Zondacrypto: Poland's Biggest Crypto Exchange, a $650M Hole and a Bitcoin Vault Nobody Can Open
Poland's largest crypto exchange froze withdrawals, went bankrupt in Estonia and left a 4,500 bitcoin vault whose keys went missing with its founder.
Bit.com: The Exchange That Closed Without a Sound
Bit.com, the options exchange Jihan Wu's Matrixport launched in 2020, shut in an orderly three-month wind-down that ended on 31 March 2026.
Garantex: The Russian Exchange That Moved $96 Billion and Would Not Die
A Moscow cash desk for ransomware gangs and sanctions dodgers moved $96 billion, was shut by the US Secret Service, and reopened under a new name.
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BTC-e: The Exchange That Laundered $4 Billion
US prosecutors said BTC-e laundered $4 billion, Mt. Gox loot included. Its operator pleaded guilty, then was swapped home to Russia before sentencing.
Mt. Gox: The Exchange That Lost Everything
It handled most of the world's Bitcoin trades, then lost 850,000 BTC in 2014. Twelve years on, the last repayment deadline is 31 October 2026.