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| Exchange | Country | Type | Date Offline | Website Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A dead exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange that has shut down or been abandoned. The platform no longer processes trades, the official website is offline or redirects somewhere else, and support has gone silent. Some closed in an orderly way and let users withdraw first, while others vanished overnight and took customer funds with them.
Dead exchanges are common in crypto. Hundreds of trading platforms have launched and failed, undone by hacks, regulation, insolvency, or simply too little volume. This page lists the exchanges we have flagged as dead, so you can check whether a platform you are researching is still operating. To browse exchanges that are still live, see our full crypto exchange list.
Exchanges fail for several recurring reasons:
Large collapses tend to follow market crashes, when withdrawals spike and hidden problems surface. Knowing these patterns helps you judge how safe a platform is before you deposit.
We flag an exchange as dead mainly by checking the health of its official website. Our automated checks visit the site of each platform on a regular schedule and look for clear signs that it is no longer operating:
When a site fails these checks, we record the date it went offline and mark the exchange as dead. The Website Status and Date Offline columns in the table above show the result. If you believe an exchange is flagged incorrectly, open its exchange page and use the "update data" link in the top bar to let us know.
Not every troubled exchange is fully dead, and the labels are worth separating:
A hack does not always kill an exchange, and a quiet exchange is not always dead. We focus on the clearest signal we can measure: whether the official website is still online.
It depends on how the exchange died. When a platform enters formal bankruptcy, users can sometimes file a claim and recover part of their balance years later through the legal process. When the cause is an exit scam, the funds are usually gone for good.
The safest approach is to avoid the situation entirely: keep only what you actively trade on an exchange, and move long-term holdings to a personal crypto wallet where you control the keys. If an exchange shows warning signs such as paused withdrawals, treat it as urgent and act quickly. For most users, funds left on a dead exchange are difficult or impossible to recover.
A dead exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange that has shut down or been abandoned. Its official website is offline or redirecting, it no longer processes trades, and support is gone. The company behind it may have gone bankrupt, been hacked, lost its license, or simply disappeared.
Hundreds of crypto exchanges have shut down since the market began. There is no single official register, but the failure rate is high: most small exchanges never reach sustainable volume, and even large, well-known platforms have collapsed after hacks, fraud, or insolvency. The list above shows the exchanges Blockspot has flagged as dead based on their website status.
We rely mainly on automated checks of the official website of each exchange. If the site is offline, returns an error, has expired, or redirects to an unrelated page, we record the date and mark the exchange as dead. The Website Status and Date Offline columns show this. If you spot an error, you can report it from the exchange page using the "update data" link.
Often, yes. If an exchange exit-scammed or had its reserves stolen, the funds are usually unrecoverable. In a formal bankruptcy, users may recover part of their balance through a legal claims process, but it can take years and rarely returns everything. This is why holding large balances on any exchange is risky.
Keep only what you actively trade on an exchange and move long-term holdings to a crypto wallet where you control the private keys. Spread risk across reputable, regulated platforms, watch for warning signs such as paused or delayed withdrawals, and withdraw early if you see them. Not your keys, not your coins.
