CEX.IO

At a glance

Licenses

Licensed in United Kingdom

Incidents

None in the hack database and enforcement records we track.

Operator

CEX.IO Markets UK LTD
United Kingdom · FCA

Official

Website: cex.io
On-chain reserves: On record

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Links from the exchange's own website, checked 2026-10-12.

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Is CEX.IO safe? What the records show

On the registers Takame checks, CEX.IO holds a verified current license or registration in United Kingdom.

No regulator warning or order about CEX.IO is on the lists Takame checks.

Takame's records show no hacks and no enforcement cases for CEX.IO.

This is a summary of public records, not a guarantee. Each record and its source are listed further down this page.

4.7/ 10

Score

Regulation13/40
Safety10/25
Incidents20/20
Size4/15

Regulation: Partial1 of 26
Regulator warning: 0
24h spot volume: $12.7M

A score out of 10, from four parts. Every part links to the source it came from. How the score is built

How this score was built

Regulation13.3 of 40
- United Kingdom · FCA
Safety10 of 25
- Published proof of reserves
Incidents20 of 20
Nothing recorded
Size4.1 of 15
From the 24-hour spot volume we collect ourselves

Advertising, payments of any kind, claiming a page or displaying our badge, and anything an exchange tells us that we cannot check against a public source never affect the score. How the score is built

Partial regulatory coverage. Confirmed license in one or two of the jurisdictions we check.

cex.io

Can I use it where I live?

Not on the European Union register we read.

All 32 jurisdictions

Market data

24h spot volume: $12.7M
Trading pairs: 797
Order book depth: $945.6K
Founded: 2013

24h spot volume over time

+103.1% over this period

$72.7MNov 2 → Nov 9

$1.6MReported by the exchange · recorded every 5 minutes

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Before you deposit

Five questions, answered from official registers and public data, each with its source. A blank means we do not have that fact, not that the answer is no.

Where is it licensed?
- United Kingdom · FCA10071922026-03-11Source
Is there proof of reserves?
$1.0M2026-11-08Source Reserves
Has it been hacked or sanctioned?
Nothing in the hack records and regulator actions we read.
Can I use it where I live?
Not on the European Union register we read.
How long do withdrawals take, and what do they cost?
Not published. We do not estimate it.

Companies on the registers

Official registers list 6 companies under CEX.IO. They are grouped here by company; only matches we verified are shown, and a registration is not the same as being allowed to serve you.

CEX.IO Markets UK LTD
- United Kingdom · FCAOn the register1007192Source
CEX OVRS LLC
- Canada · FINTRACSelf-filed registrationM23826739Source
CEX.IO Corp.
- United States · FinCENSelf-filed registrationSource
CEX.IO LIMITED
- Canada · FINTRACStruck offM22153702Source
CEX.IO LTD
- Canada · FINTRACStruck offM21405790Source
CEX.IO OVERSEAS LTD
- Canada · FINTRACStruck offM22457578Source

Regulatory records

United Kingdom · FCA
Registered entity: CEX.IO Markets UK LTD
1007192
MLR status: MLRs Registered
United Kingdom
VerifiedSource
Canada · FINTRAC
Registered entity: CEX OVRS LLC
M23826739
Registration status: Registered · Virtual Currency
FINTRAC registers money services businesses, including virtual currency dealers, for anti-money-laundering purposes. It is not a license to run a trading platform; in Canada that oversight sits with provincial securities regulators.
Canada
Self-filed registrationSource
United States · FinCEN
Registered entity: CEX.IO Corp.
Money transmitter · Other
FinCEN records money services businesses that file a registration form. It is not a license and FinCEN does not vet applicants; money-transmitter licenses are issued separately by each state.
United States
Self-filed registrationSource
Canada · FINTRAC
Registered entity: CEX.IO LIMITED
Struck off 2025-03-12
Registration status: Ceased
Virtual Currency
M22153702
FINTRAC registers money services businesses, including virtual currency dealers, for anti-money-laundering purposes. It is not a license to run a trading platform; in Canada that oversight sits with provincial securities regulators.
Canada
Struck offSource
Canada · FINTRAC
Registered entity: CEX.IO LTD
Struck off 2022-09-09
Registration status: Ceased
Virtual Currency
M21405790
FINTRAC registers money services businesses, including virtual currency dealers, for anti-money-laundering purposes. It is not a license to run a trading platform; in Canada that oversight sits with provincial securities regulators.
Canada
Struck offSource
Canada · FINTRAC
Registered entity: CEX.IO OVERSEAS LTD
Struck off 2024-10-31
Registration status: Expired
Virtual Currency
M22457578
FINTRAC registers money services businesses, including virtual currency dealers, for anti-money-laundering purposes. It is not a license to run a trading platform; in Canada that oversight sits with provincial securities regulators.
Canada
Struck offSource

On-chain reserves

All exchange reserves

Excluding own token

$1.0M

Total $1.0M

Net flows

24 hours: $8.5K
7 days: $274.7K
30 days: −$1.6M

What it holds

Stablecoins43.4%
Ether2.1%
Other54.5%

$14.2M03-22 → 11-08

$883.8KExcluding own token, last 180 days

Source: DefiLlama, wallets published by the exchange · 2026-11-08

On-chain assets only. Customer liabilities are not included, so this is not proof of solvency. Net flows count changes in holdings at today's prices, and changes to the tracked wallet list can cause large jumps.

Security incidents

All exchange hacks

All 3 public records

No hack of this exchange appears in the public incident database we use.

Top coins on CEX.IO

By 24h volume. 58 coins trade here in total.

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