Gameguru Mania

[heretic]

This is the list of all centralised exchange closures currently recorded in my database.

Across these failures, hacks, bankruptcies, seizures and disappearances, users lost enormous amounts of money.

- BitMart: January 31, 2027
- BitMEX: September 23, 2026
- AscendEX: July 1, 2026
- Knaken: June 2026
- Bit.com: March 31, 2026
- ProBit Global: February 26, 2026
- OceanEx: December 5, 2025
- Payeer Exchange: October 23, 2025
- Felixo: July 18, 2025
- KUNA: March 31, 2025
- KickEX: March 31, 2025
- Mercatox: February 1, 2025
- Nominex: December 18, 2024
- Chiliz Exchange: September 26, 2024
- BitForex: February 26, 2024
- OPNX: February 14, 2024
- Bittrex Global: December 4, 2023
- Txbit: September 14, 2023
- Bittrex US: June 30, 2023
- Hotbit: May 22, 2023
- Bitfront: March 31, 2023
- The Rock Trading: February 21, 2023
- Liquid Global: November 15, 2022
- AAX: November 13, 2022
- FTX: November 11, 2022
- FTX US: November 11, 2022
- AEX: July 17, 2022
- Hoo Exchange: June 19, 2022
- Vebitcoin: April 23, 2021
- Thodex: April 21, 2021
- Livecoin: January 16, 2021
- Altilly: December 23, 2020
- FCoin: February 17, 2020
- Altsbit: February 5, 2020
- Cobinhood: January 10, 2020
- IDAX: November 24, 2019
- Einstein Exchange: November 1, 2019
- CoinExchange io: October 15, 2019
- Nova Exchange: October 7, 2019
- BX Thailand: September 30, 2019
- BitMarket pl: July 8, 2019
- Coinnest: June 30, 2019
- Cryptopia: May 15, 2019
- Coinroom: April 2, 2019
- Gatecoin: March 13, 2019
- QuadrigaCX: January 28, 2019
- Liqui: January 28, 2019
- WEX: November 21, 2018
- Zaif under Tech Bureau: November 2018
- BitGrail: February 9, 2018
- Youbit: December 19, 2017
- BTC-e: July 25, 2017
- CampBX: July 2016
- Cryptsy: January 14, 2016
- Coin mx: July 21, 2015
- MintPal: October 12, 2014
- Mt. Gox: February 25, 2014
- TradeHill: August 2013
- Bitfloor: April 17, 2013
- Bitcoinica: August 2012
- Bitomat: August 11, 2011
- MyBitcoin: July 29, 2011

Self-custody is the only sensible way to store your own funds.

CEXs are effectively banks, except that many of them operated for years with weak oversight, poor transparency and almost no accountability.

Once you deposit your assets, they are no longer under your control.

The exchange holds the keys, controls the internal balance and decides whether you are allowed to withdraw.

Not your keys, not your crypto.