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last updated 2026-08-25

Summary

ChangeNOW is a non-custodial, KYC-optional instant cryptocurrency swap service founded in 2017 and operated by CHN Group LLC, incorporated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The platform supports swaps across more than 1,000 crypto assets without mandatory account registration, a design that has made it a recurrent node in post-exploit fund flows. In 2026 alone, stolen funds from two confirmed major hacks — the Gravity Bridge $5.4 million exploit (May 2026) and the Coinsbuy $7.9 million theft (August 2026) — were reportedly routed through ChangeNOW, though no regulatory enforcement action has been taken against the company as of August 2026.

Connected Entities

10 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
□Cosmos (ATOM)42□Ethereum□ChangeNOW□Binance□Gravity Bridge□Monero
Protocols
⌂FixedFloat10⌂Uniswap
Tokens
♦Coinsbuy♦Bitcoin
Relationships
  • Ethereum→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • Monero→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
  • Monero→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • Gravity Bridge→mentioned with→Ethereum(80%)
  • Gravity Bridge→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
  • Coinsbuy→mentioned with→ChangeNOW(70%)
  • Coinsbuy→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
  • Coinsbuy→mentioned with→Monero(80%)
  • ChangeNOW→mentioned with→Monero(70%)
  • ChangeNOW→mentioned with→Uniswap(60%)
  • + 17 more
Also appears in
Crypto Whale Repeat Phishing Drain — August 2026·2Cosmos EVM Vulnerability — August 2026 Six-Chain Exploit·18Coinsbuy Exchange·42Polygon·54Saga·32Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Hack (December 2025)·28Seneca Protocol·25Peapods Finance·42MangoFarmSOL·2Cosmos (ATOM)·42

Connected Through

10 shared actors · 604 investigations

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(6 events)

2017

ChangeNOW founded and launched as an instant cryptocurrency swap service.

ChangeNOW About Page

September 2023

ChangeNOW cooperates with law enforcement to recover 10.6 BTC (~$430,000) from a SIM swap hack victim, one of the first publicly documented large-scale recovery cases.

How ChangeNOW Combats Fraudulent Crypto Activity — CoinCarp

29 May 2026

Gravity Bridge cross-chain protocol suffers a suspected validator signing-key compromise, losing approximately $5.4 million. Security researchers report that a portion of stolen funds was routed through ChangeNOW and Binance.

Cosmos-based Gravity Bridge drained of $5.4 million — The Block

4 August 2026

ChangeNOW and CoinRabbit co-publish a financial privacy report arguing that crypto privacy tools serve essential protective functions and are compatible with compliance requirements.

Crypto Privacy Tools Serve Essential Protective Functions — Decrypt

9 August 2026

Coinsbuy crypto payments platform wallets drained of over $7.9 million across Ethereum and TRON. Attackers route a portion of funds through ChangeNOW, FixedFloat, and BingX in an attempt to convert proceeds into Monero.

Coinsbuy confirms hack as investigator reports $7.9M stolen — CoinTelegraph

10 August 2026

Reporting confirms that ChangeNOW froze a six-figure portion of the Coinsbuy hack proceeds mid-transfer, per blockchain investigator Specter. ChangeNOW had not issued a separate public statement confirming the exact amount as of initial reporting.

Coinsbuy Wallets Drained For Over $7.9 Million on Ethereum and Tron — CryptoTimes
Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain18 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 events). 18 of 20 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

Fact-checked 2026-09-0918 claims checked1 correction pending0 applied⛓ anchoredSee findings →
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model: claude-sonnet-4-6

generated: 8/17/2026, 11:44:42 PM

last updated: 8/25/2026, 9:05:51 AM

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