{
  "title": "Crypto exchange frozen funds and withdrawal lockup tracker",
  "description": "Documented account freeze, withdrawal lock, wind down, and insolvency events at crypto exchanges, newest first, with stated reasons and user status. Maintained alongside the human readable tracker page.",
  "publisher": "CoinVast Research",
  "canonicalPage": "https://coinvast.io/articles/exchange-frozen-funds-tracker",
  "dataUrl": "https://coinvast.io/data/frozen-funds.json",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "CoinVast Research — https://coinvast.io/articles/exchange-frozen-funds-tracker",
  "contact": "info@coinvast.io",
  "lastFullCheck": "2026-07-17",
  "updatePolicy": "Updated when a venue changes status or a new freeze event is confirmed; full re-check at least quarterly. Every row carries its own source note.",
  "methodologyNote": "Rows enter this log only when we can attach a date and a public source. Amounts are figures reported at the time and can change as recoveries proceed. Events we could not verify are left out rather than guessed.",
  "freezeTypes": [
    { "id": "security-hold", "name": "Automated security hold", "typicalDuration": "hours to seven days", "userInfluence": "none, fixed timer" },
    { "id": "aml-quarantine", "name": "AML risk scoring of incoming coins", "typicalDuration": "days to a few weeks", "userInfluence": "sometimes, via trade history and counterparty details" },
    { "id": "sanctions-match", "name": "Sanctions screening match", "typicalDuration": "weeks to indefinite", "userInfluence": "rarely, only by clearing the match with documents" },
    { "id": "source-of-funds", "name": "Source of funds review", "typicalDuration": "days to several months", "userInfluence": "yes, by supplying clean documentation quickly" },
    { "id": "law-enforcement", "name": "Law enforcement order", "typicalDuration": "months to years", "userInfluence": "none, follows the legal process" },
    { "id": "de-risking", "name": "Business de-risking or wind down", "typicalDuration": "the life of the wind down or bankruptcy", "userInfluence": "none, a strategic decision by the venue" }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "venue": "AscendEX",
      "type": "de-risking",
      "event": "Ceased operations with no guaranteed fund recovery; on chain analysts had flagged stuck withdrawals and thin liquidity days earlier",
      "statedReason": "Cited EU MiCA authorization it never obtained, plus a failed liquidity deal",
      "userStatus": "open, recovery uncertain",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "Financial press and on chain analyst reports, read July 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-04",
      "venue": "Binance",
      "type": "security-hold",
      "event": "Launched an opt in withdrawal lock feature so users can freeze their own withdrawals to deter physical coercion attacks",
      "statedReason": "User protection, self imposed",
      "userStatus": "voluntary, user controlled",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "CoinDesk, May 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-05",
      "venue": "Gemini",
      "type": "de-risking",
      "event": "Began withdrawal only mode for UK, EU, and Australia accounts after announcing a full regional exit on February 5, 2026; account closures followed on April 6, 2026",
      "statedReason": "Regional wind down",
      "userStatus": "withdrawals were open during the window",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "Exchange announcement and press coverage, February 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-01",
      "venue": "Bit.com",
      "type": "de-risking",
      "event": "Switched to a withdrawal only backup station after spot trading ended January 31, 2026; the wind down began December 27, 2025",
      "statedReason": "Exchange wind down",
      "userStatus": "withdrawal only",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "Exchange notices, January 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-25",
      "venue": "India, FIU registered exchanges",
      "type": "law-enforcement",
      "event": "Registered exchanges halted privacy coin trading, deposits, and withdrawals for XMR, ZEC, and DASH; Bybit was fined 9.27 crore rupees in the same sweep",
      "statedReason": "AML compliance",
      "userStatus": "privacy coin balances stranded on affected venues",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "Indian financial press, January 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-09",
      "venue": "WazirX",
      "type": "de-risking",
      "event": "Credited Recovery Tokens to eligible users on a pro rata basis following the July 2024 hack; the tokens represent a claim on future value, not withdrawable funds",
      "statedReason": "Post hack restructuring",
      "userStatus": "partial, ongoing",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "WazirX statements and recovery coverage, 2025 to 2026"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "venue": "Mt. Gox",
      "type": "de-risking",
      "event": "Creditor repayment deadline extended again, twelve years after the 2014 collapse",
      "statedReason": "Bankruptcy estate administration",
      "userStatus": "creditors still waiting",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "Estate notices and press coverage, 2026",
      "note": "Date shown is the extended repayment deadline, not the original event."
    },
    {
      "date": "2022-11-11",
      "venue": "FTX",
      "type": "de-risking",
      "event": "Filed for bankruptcy; the estate continues distributions and many creditors are still waiting years later",
      "statedReason": "Insolvency and fraud",
      "userStatus": "partial, ongoing",
      "amount": null,
      "source": "Bankruptcy filings and ongoing coverage"
    }
  ],
  "securityHoldPolicies": [
    { "venue": "Binance", "trigger": "password change", "hold": "24 to 48 hours" },
    { "venue": "Binance.US", "trigger": "email change", "hold": "120 hours" },
    { "venue": "Kraken", "trigger": "certain card or wallet purchases", "hold": "72 hours" },
    { "venue": "Kraken", "trigger": "some bank deposits", "hold": "up to seven days" }
  ]
}