VT-001 · 2019
Crypto exchange · Canada
QuadrigaCX — CEO Died with the Keys, $190 Million Frozen
115,000 · Cold
VT-002 · 2021
Crypto exchange · Turkey
Thodex — CEO Fled Turkey with $2 Billion, Sentenced to 11,196 Years
391,000 · Convicted
VT-003 · 2021
Crypto exchange · South Africa
Africrypt — Brothers Vanished After Claiming a Hack; Losses Fiercely Disputed
Thousands · At-Large
VT-004 · 2015
Crypto exchange · Hong Kong
MyCoin — Hong Kong Operators Vanished Overnight with HK$3 Billion in Bitcoin Contracts
~3,000 · Convicted
VT-005 · 2020
Crypto exchange · China
FCoin — $130 Million Deficit, Exchange Closed, Founder Disappeared
Tens of thousands · At-Large
VT-006 · 2018
Crypto exchange · Russia / New Zealand
WEX.nz — The BTC-e Reboot That Stole Half a Billion and Ran
~100,000 · Arrested
VT-007 · 2018
Crypto exchange · Italy
Bitgrail — The Italian Exchange Where Mismanagement Became Fraud
~230,000 · Convicted
VT-008 · 2014
Crypto exchange · Japan
Mt. Gox — The Exchange That Lost 850,000 Bitcoin and Defined an Era
~127,000 creditors · Convicted
VT-009 · 2021
Crypto exchange · Australia
ACX Exchange — Customer Funds Diverted While Regulators Moved Too Late
~22,000 creditors · Convicted
VT-010 · 2016
Crypto exchange · United States
Cryptsy — CEO Drained the Exchange and Fled Before Anyone Noticed
~10,000+ active accounts · At-Large
VT-011 · 2019
Crypto exchange · Ireland
Bitsane — 246,000 Users, One Overnight Vanish, No Answers
246,000 registered users · At-Large
VT-012 · 2018
Crypto exchange · Canada
MapleChange — Claimed a Hack, Deleted Everything, Never Came Back
Undisclosed; exchange listed 62 tokens · At-Large
VT-013 · 2019
Crypto exchange · Poland
Bitmarket.pl — Poland’s Second-Largest Exchange Collapsed, Taking 2,300 Bitcoin With It
2,300+ victims · Deceased
VT-014 · 2017
Crypto exchange · South Korea
YouBit — Hacked Twice, Bankrupt by Design, Users Paid Seventy-Five Cents on the Dollar
Thousands of Korean retail users · Bankrupt
VT-015 · 2019
Crypto exchange · Poland
Coinroom — A Text Message Was the Only Notice. Then the Money Was Gone.
Several thousand · At-Large