{"investigation":{"slug":"knaken-exchange","entity_name":"Knaken Exchange","trust_score":26,"severity_base":26,"score_modifier":0,"confidence":0.88,"status":"published","content_type":"investigation","summary":"Knaken (Knaken Cryptohandel B.V.) was a Rotterdam-based Dutch retail cryptocurrency broker founded in 2017. After its MiCA licence application to the AFM was reportedly rejected, the platform went offline in early June 2026, locking out roughly 30,000 customers, and on July 16, 2026 the Rotterdam District Court declared it and its client-fund foundation Stichting Knaken Payments bankrupt on a petition from the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, with approximately €7 million in customer funds unaccounted for. A parallel criminal investigation, which began with a FIOD raid on June 29, 2026, remained open with no charges announced as of late July 2026.","sections":[{"content":"Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. was a Dutch cryptocurrency brokerage founded in 2017 and headquartered in Rotterdam. The platform let retail customers convert euros into Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies and store digital assets on the platform. Co-founders Ronald Jonkers (CEO) and Vincent van der Sanden built it into one of the Netherlands' prominent domestic retail crypto brokers. Customer funds were meant to be held in a separate legal entity, Stichting Knaken Payments, so that client assets would be protected from an insolvency of the operating company. The exchange was registered with De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) under pre-MiCA provisions.\n\nKnaken raised its public profile through football sponsorship. It partnered with Sparta Rotterdam from the 2020-2021 season and, starting in the 2021-2022 Eredivisie season, became official cryptocurrency partner of AFC Ajax and Feyenoord; other reporting describes these as shirt-sponsorship arrangements with Ajax and Feyenoord beginning in 2021. This visibility may have contributed to consumer trust in the platform before its collapse.","heading":"Company Background","sources":[{"url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/dutch-knaken-crypto-bankruptcy-missing-funds/","name":"Dutch crypto exchange Knaken declared bankrupt amid missing customer funds — Crypto Briefing","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.sponsorreport.nl/sportknaken-official-cryptocurrency-partner-ajax/","name":"Knaken official cryptocurrency partner Ajax en Feyenoord — Sponsorreport","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://bitcoinmagazine.nl/nieuws/3-vragen-aan-ronald-jonkers-knaken-over-deal-met-ajax-en-feyenoord-we-groei-elk-kwartaal-met-500","name":"Knaken CEO over deal met Ajax en Feyenoord — Bitcoin Magazine NL","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/07/dutch-crypto-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-e7m-missing/","name":"Dutch crypto platform Knaken declared bankrupt, €7m missing — DutchNews.nl","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"low"},{"content":"Under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA/MiCAR), firms providing crypto-asset services to customers in EU member states must be authorised by their national competent authority. The Netherlands was one of the strictest implementing jurisdictions; accounts give its transition deadline as June 30, 2025 or, equivalently framed, a requirement to hold AFM authorisation by July 1, 2025. Knaken applied to the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) for the required licence, and reporting indicates the application was rejected, after which the company was legally required to stop providing crypto-asset services. At the time of its collapse Knaken was not listed on the AFM's register of authorised crypto-asset service providers.\n\nKnaken's website and mobile app went offline abruptly in early June 2026 without prior public notice, cutting off approximately 30,000 customers from their accounts and asset balances. On June 8, 2026, the company reportedly told affected customers not to file damage claims while saying it was investigating 'how we can shape the settlement', which has been read as an indication that it knew it could not meet its obligations. Other Dutch platforms, including LiteBit and Anycoin Direct, reportedly also closed or were absorbed by competitors under the same MiCA compliance pressure.","heading":"MiCA Licensing Failure and Platform Shutdown","sources":[{"url":"https://www.tftc.io/knaken-bankruptcy-dutch-prosecutors-mica-license-customers-locked-out/","name":"Dutch Prosecutors Seek Knaken Bankruptcy, 30K Customers Frozen — TFTC","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://beincrypto.com/knaken-mica-bankruptcy-8-million-hole/","name":"MiCA Rules Trigger Dutch Crypto Exchange Collapse — BeInCrypto","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/30/prosecutors-push-dutch-crypto-platform-bankruptcy-court-protect-investors","name":"Prosecutors push Dutch crypto platform into bankruptcy court to protect investors — NL Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto.news/dutch-crypto-exchange-knaken-bankrupt-as-e7m-in-funds-goes-missing/","name":"Dutch crypto exchange bankrupt as €7M in funds goes missing (crypto.news)","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/mica-rules-trigger-dutch-crypto-213634332.html","name":"MiCA Rules Trigger Dutch Crypto Exchange Collapse — Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/07/dutch-crypto-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-e7m-missing/","name":"Dutch crypto platform Knaken declared bankrupt, €7m missing — DutchNews.nl","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/knaken-collapses-into-bankruptcy/","name":"Dutch crypto exchange Knaken collapses into bankruptcy as €7 million vanishes — Cryptopolitan","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Authorities and the court-appointed trustee identified a shortfall of approximately €7 million (about $8 million) in customer balances that could not be accounted for, and of which customers had not been informed. In its July 2026 ruling the Rotterdam District Court stated that 'a large amount of customer money has disappeared without it being clear how this could have happened,' and found that Knaken had too little capital to repay customers in full. Although Stichting Knaken Payments was set up to segregate and protect customer assets, the foundation never began paying out to customers after the shutdown and was itself declared bankrupt alongside the operating company, indicating that the segregation did not protect customer assets as intended.\n\nCourt documents reported by TechTimes show that Knaken attributed part of the shortfall to an alleged theft of 23 Bitcoin in 2020. The AFM calculated that, even allowing for Bitcoin's price rise since 2020, that incident could explain at most €1.5 million to €2 million of the gap. Reports differ on the size of the unexplained remainder: the TechTimes headline refers to a €5 million shortfall not covered by the hack, while the same reporting is also summarised as leaving €3 million to €3.5 million unexplained. Knaken's 2024 annual report had reportedly described the company as 'financially vulnerable', suggesting the solvency problems predated the licence rejection. Reports also refer to an alleged €2.3 million director-linked payment that the trustee is expected to investigate; this has not been confirmed in primary regulatory filings.","heading":"Missing Customer Funds","sources":[{"url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/16/crypto-trading-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-eu7-million-customer-funds-missing","name":"Crypto trading platform Knaken declared bankrupt; €7 million in customer funds missing — NL Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321862/20260728/knaken-crypto-bankruptcy-dutch-court-docs-show-2020-hack-doesnt-cover-5m-shortfall.htm","name":"Knaken Crypto Bankruptcy: Dutch Court Docs Show 2020 Hack Doesn't Cover €5M Shortfall — TechTimes","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptoslate.com/dutch-crypto-exchange-collapses-exposing-customer-balances-true-value-amid-multi-million-euro-hole/","name":"Dutch crypto exchange collapses exposing customer balances' true value — CryptoSlate","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/dutch-prosecutors-force-knaken-bankruptcy-clients-face-7m-shortfall","name":"Dutch Prosecutors Force Knaken Bankruptcy, Clients Face $7M Shortfall — KuCoin News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/07/dutch-crypto-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-e7m-missing/","name":"Dutch crypto platform Knaken declared bankrupt, €7m missing — DutchNews.nl","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/knaken-collapses-into-bankruptcy/","name":"Dutch crypto exchange Knaken collapses into bankruptcy as €7 million vanishes — Cryptopolitan","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"On June 29, 2026, the day before the Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie, OM) filed its bankruptcy petition, the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) raided Knaken's premises and seized laptops, mobile phones, company assets and other digital data carriers. The AFM had earlier filed complaints with the OM and warned of a 'very concerning situation' at Knaken, which formed part of the basis for the investigation. The OM opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance of the customer funds, covering possible offences including fraud, embezzlement and money laundering. The criminal investigation and the bankruptcy proceedings are being run on parallel tracks by separate OM teams, with coordination between the trustee and investigators. As of late July 2026 no arrests or charges had been publicly announced and no findings had been disclosed; any description of the missing funds as theft, fraud or embezzlement therefore remains an allegation.","heading":"FIOD Raid and Criminal Investigation","sources":[{"url":"https://www.tftc.io/knaken-bankruptcy-dutch-prosecutors-mica-license-customers-locked-out/","name":"Dutch Prosecutors Seek Knaken Bankruptcy, 30K Customers Frozen — TFTC","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/dutch-prosecutors-liquidate-knaken-crypto/","name":"Dutch prosecutors seek to liquidate Knaken after freezing funds of 30,000 customers — Crypto Briefing","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://finance.biggo.com/news/70a4caec-edba-4f2e-8d03-556c8ec3952a","name":"Dutch Court Declares Crypto Exchange Knaken Bankrupt Amid €7 Million Embezzlement Allegations — BigGo Finance","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/07/17/dutch-crypto-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-with-e7m-missing/","name":"Dutch Platform Knaken Bankrupt With €7M User Funds Missing — CryptoTimes","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto.news/dutch-crypto-exchange-knaken-bankrupt-as-e7m-in-funds-goes-missing/","name":"Dutch crypto exchange bankrupt as €7M in funds goes missing (crypto.news)","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/30/prosecutors-push-dutch-crypto-platform-bankruptcy-court-protect-investors","name":"Prosecutors push Dutch crypto platform into bankruptcy court to protect investors — NL Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"On June 30, 2026, the OM petitioned the Rotterdam District Court to declare both Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. and Stichting Knaken Payments bankrupt, arguing that bankruptcy was in the public interest to protect approximately 30,000 customers and citing AFM warnings. The court rejected Knaken's own proposed settlement plan, which would have distributed available funds among customers, finding there were insufficient assets to repay customers in full and that orderly bankruptcy proceedings would better serve creditors. On July 16, 2026, the court declared both entities bankrupt in a single ruling and appointed C.F.W.A. Hamm as trustee over both. The trustee's tasks include reconstructing how the shortfall arose, inventorying remaining assets and determining what creditors can recover.","heading":"Bankruptcy Declaration and Trustee","sources":[{"url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/07/16/crypto-trading-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-eu7-million-customer-funds-missing","name":"Crypto trading platform Knaken declared bankrupt; €7 million in customer funds missing — NL Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/30/prosecutors-push-dutch-crypto-platform-bankruptcy-court-protect-investors","name":"Prosecutors push Dutch crypto platform into bankruptcy court to protect investors — NL Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/07/18/knaken-crypto-bankruptcy/","name":"Knaken Crypto Bankruptcy: Dutch Court Declares Platform Insolvent — Cryptonomist","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/knaken-collapses-into-bankruptcy/","name":"Dutch crypto exchange Knaken collapses into bankruptcy as €7 million vanishes — Cryptopolitan","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.crypto-news-flash.com/knaken-collapse-tests-dutch-crypto-oversight-under-mica/","name":"Knaken Collapse Tests Dutch Crypto Oversight Under MiCA — Crypto News Flash","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/07/dutch-crypto-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-e7m-missing/","name":"Dutch crypto platform Knaken declared bankrupt, €7m missing — DutchNews.nl","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"Approximately 30,000 retail customers in the Netherlands were locked out of their accounts from early June 2026, weeks before the bankruptcy ruling and without prior warning. They could not view balances, withdraw funds, access their crypto holdings or reach support. A Rotterdam resident set up a reporting centre for affected customers. There is no deposit insurance or equivalent guarantee scheme for cryptocurrency in the Netherlands, so customers face partial or total loss, with recovery dependent on what the trustee can reconstruct and liquidate from the estate.","heading":"Customer Impact","sources":[{"url":"https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/2202885/cryptoplatform-knaken-plotseling-uit-de-lucht","name":"Cryptoplatform Knaken plotseling uit de lucht — Rijnmond","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/2215784/rotterdammer-begint-meldpunt-voor-gedupeerden-van-cryptoplatform","name":"Rotterdammer begint meldpunt voor gedupeerden van cryptoplatform — Rijnmond","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://coinedition.com/crypto-live-news/dutch-crypto-firm-knaken-collapses-as-8m-vanishes/","name":"Dutch Crypto Exchange Knaken Collapses Amid $8M Shortfall — CoinEdition","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/07/dutch-crypto-platform-knaken-declared-bankrupt-e7m-missing/","name":"Dutch crypto platform Knaken declared bankrupt, €7m missing — DutchNews.nl","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/30/prosecutors-push-dutch-crypto-platform-bankruptcy-court-protect-investors","name":"Prosecutors push Dutch crypto platform into bankruptcy court to protect investors — NL Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"The Knaken collapse is being watched as a test case for how MiCA licensing affects smaller EU crypto firms. It raised the concern that the licensing regime, while designed to protect consumers, did not prevent or surface undisclosed insolvency at firms awaiting licensing decisions, and questions about whether the AFM received adequate financial transparency from Knaken during the application. Critics and affected customers have also questioned whether Feyenoord and other football clubs that extended or maintained commercial relationships with Knaken carried out adequate due diligence, given that its 2024 annual report had indicated financial vulnerability.","heading":"Regulatory Context and MiCA Implications","sources":[{"url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/mica-rules-trigger-dutch-crypto-213634332.html","name":"MiCA Rules Trigger Dutch Crypto Exchange Collapse — Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://1908.nl/artikelen/was-feyenoord-zorgvuldig-genoeg-bij-het-verlengen-van-failliete-sponsor-knaken","name":"Was Feyenoord zorgvuldig genoeg bij het verlengen van failliete sponsor Knaken — 1908.nl","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://www.crypto-news-flash.com/knaken-collapse-tests-dutch-crypto-oversight-under-mica/","name":"Knaken Collapse Tests Dutch Crypto Oversight Under MiCA — Crypto News Flash","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2017","event":"Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. founded in Rotterdam by Ronald Jonkers and Vincent van der Sanden (exact founding date not specified in reporting).","source":"Crypto Briefing","source_url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/dutch-knaken-crypto-bankruptcy-missing-funds/"},{"date":"2020","event":"Alleged theft of 23 Bitcoin from Knaken, later cited by the company in court documents as a partial explanation for the shortfall; the AFM assessed it could account for at most €1.5M–€2M of the gap.","source":"TechTimes (court documents)","source_url":"https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321862/20260728/knaken-crypto-bankruptcy-dutch-court-docs-show-2020-hack-doesnt-cover-5m-shortfall.htm"},{"date":"2021","event":"Knaken becomes official cryptocurrency partner of AFC Ajax and Feyenoord for the 2021-2022 Eredivisie season (also reported as shirt sponsorship).","source":"Sponsorreport / Bitcoin Magazine NL","source_url":"https://www.sponsorreport.nl/sportknaken-official-cryptocurrency-partner-ajax/"},{"date":"2025-06","event":"Netherlands enforces its MiCA licensing deadline (June 30, 2025). One account places the AFM's rejection of Knaken's licence application at this point, legally requiring it to halt crypto-asset services.","source":"BeInCrypto / TFTC","source_url":"https://beincrypto.com/knaken-mica-bankruptcy-8-million-hole/"},{"date":"2025-07","event":"Crypto-asset service providers serving Dutch customers required to hold valid AFM authorisation (from July 1, 2025, per this account).","source":"TFTC","source_url":"https://www.tftc.io/knaken-bankruptcy-dutch-prosecutors-mica-license-customers-locked-out/"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"Knaken's website and mobile app go offline abruptly after its MiCAR licence application to the AFM is rejected, locking out roughly 30,000 customers.","source":"Cryptopolitan / NL Times","source_url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/knaken-collapses-into-bankruptcy/"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"Knaken tells customers not to file damage claims (June 8, 2026), saying it is investigating 'how we can shape the settlement.'","source":"NL Times","source_url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/30/prosecutors-push-dutch-crypto-platform-bankruptcy-court-protect-investors"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"FIOD raids Knaken's premises (June 29, 2026), seizing laptops, phones, company assets and data carriers in a criminal investigation into alleged fraud, embezzlement or money laundering; no arrests reported.","source":"Crypto Briefing / TFTC","source_url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/dutch-prosecutors-liquidate-knaken-crypto/"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"OM files a bankruptcy petition (June 30, 2026) against Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. and Stichting Knaken Payments with the Rotterdam District Court, citing the public interest, AFM warnings of a 'very concerning situation' and approximately €7 million in missing customer funds.","source":"NL Times","source_url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/06/30/prosecutors-push-dutch-crypto-platform-bankruptcy-court-protect-investors"},{"date":"2026-07","event":"Rotterdam District Court declares Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. and Stichting Knaken Payments bankrupt (July 16, 2026), citing a roughly €7 million shortfall; trustee C.F.W.A. 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