A dated record of identity-verification policy changes across listed services.
Filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas and took its entire ATM network offline. The CEO attributed the wind-down to states imposing stringent compliance obligations, new transaction limits, and in some jurisdictions outright bans on Bitcoin ATMs, calling the business model unsustainable
Began a phased rollout requiring photo ID for every kiosk transaction, not just a customer's first. Bitcoin Depot said it was the first major Bitcoin ATM operator to collect identification on every transaction
Announced October 2025 that it would wind down all operations by November 1, citing the lasting impact of past co-founder misconduct and compliance remediation costs
No-KYC Monero and Bitcoin instant exchanger announced immediate shutdown with a 30-day refund window; the abrupt closure drew community exit-scam warnings
German BKA and Dutch FIOD seized the swap service's servers and 34 million euros in cryptocurrency after laundering allegations tied to the Bybit hack; the operators had already announced closure
Terms update expanded risk-based screening: orders funded from the seized eXch service are suspended pending source-of-funds verification and can be frozen
LocalMonero's sister P2P exchange wound down alongside it: new trades were disabled May 14, 2024 and the site went offline November 7, 2024
Ended threshold-based no-KYC bitcoin purchases; identity verification became mandatory for all users by October 31, 2024, citing Swiss and EU regulation
zkSNACKs discontinued its coinjoin coordination service citing regulatory uncertainty, weeks after blocking US users; the wallet itself continues to work without coinjoin
Introduced risk-based KYC checks on flagged transactions
Founders arrested on US money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting charges; domain and servers seized and the Whirlpool coinjoin coordinator went offline
Added mandatory email verification and transaction monitoring for amounts over $1,000
Service permanently shut down after 7 years of operation
Mandatory full KYC for all users globally; withdraw-only accounts removed
Historical records show how identity requirements have changed over time.
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