Bittrex
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cryptocurrency Exchange |
| Founded 📆 | 2013[citation needed] |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Bill Shihara (co-founder and former CEO), Richie Lai & Rami Kawach [1] |
| Products 📟 | Cryptocurrency exchange |
| Owner | Bill Shihara |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 49 (2019) |
| 🌐 Website | bittrex |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Bittrex was a US-based cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in Seattle, Washington.[1] The company was founded in 2013 by Bill Shihara and two business partners, all of whom previously worked as security professionals at Microsoft.[2][non-primary source needed]
In May 2018, corporate customers based in the U.S. states of Washington, California, New York and Montana were able to trade using U.S. dollars held in Signature Bank of New York.[3]
Closure and bankruptcy
In 2023, Bittrex announced that it would wind down its United States operations effective 30 April 2023.[4] Bittrex, Inc. filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on 8 May 2023.[5]
The affiliated Bittrex Global exchanges in Liechtenstein and Bermuda also subsequently entered liquidation. Their withdrawal and creditor procedures are separate from the U.S. Bittrex proceedings.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About Us". Bittrex. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Founded in 2014 by three cybersecurity engineers FOUNDERS
- ↑ Katz, Lily (May 31, 2018). "Bittrex Gets Bank Agreement to Help You Buy Bitcoin With Dollars". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on May 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ "SEC v. Bittrex, Inc., et al., complaint, paragraph 16" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
- ↑ "SEC Obtains Final Judgment against Bittrex, Inc. and Bittrex Global Gmbh". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
- ↑ "Important Update Regarding Bittrex Global". Bittrex Global. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
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