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 Example
FTX 2022 Example
Blockfi 2022 Example
Celsius 2022 Example
QuadrigaCX 2018 Example
Cryptopia 2019 Example
Bitgrail 2018 Example
Youbit 2017 Example
Einstein 2017 Example
Cointed 2018 Example