List of failed exchanges

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Trusted Third Parties are security holes. this lesson needs to be learnt and relearnt constantly. Banks, custodians, exchanges and any institution that you trust to hold your keys for you can fail and lose your Bitcoin in the process. This has happened many times. Here is a list of some of the most famous exchanges to fail, be hacked, etc.

Remember: Not your keys, not your Bitcoin.


TTP Year failed BTC lost
MtGox 2014 850.000
FTX 2022 150.000
Blockfi 2022
Celsius 2022
QuadrigaCX 2018 76.000
Cryptopia 2019
Bitgrail 2018
Youbit 2017
Einstein 2017
Cointed 2018
Bitcoinica 2012 43.000
Vircurex 2014
Coin.mx 2015
BTC-e 2018
Cryptsy 2016 13.000