Joaquin Diaz (Orionx Co-Founder)
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 12 → 26. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −66, concerns that are not fraud −3.2, problems around the subject, caused by others −1.1; legitimacy credit long-running +10; no established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| The subject's own conduct | -66 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -3.2 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -1.1 |
| Long-running | +10 |
| Sum | 5 |
- No established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band (26 or above).
Score: 26/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
Joaquín Díaz is a co-founder and former head of technology (CTO) of Orionx, a Chilean cryptocurrency exchange that permanently shut down in September 2026 after a forensic audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had been moved to wallets outside company control. Díaz and former general manager Roberto Zibert are named as the principal targets of a criminal complaint filed by Orionx with Chile's Public Ministry on September 2, 2026, which alleges an account linked to Díaz received over $1.5 million across 14 transfers, while a related wallet allegedly received 187 ETH, more than 4.1 million USDT, and 200,000 USDC diverted from customer custody between 2018 and 2021. Díaz denies wrongdoing and no charges have been proven in court; the matter is under active criminal investigation in Chile.
Connected Entities
8 entities · 59 linked investigations- Binance→mentioned with→Tether(60%)
- Roberto Zibert→mentioned with→Tether(70%)
- Joaquin Diaz (Orionx Co-Founder)→mentioned with→Coinbase(60%)
- Roberto Zibert→mentioned with→Bitcoin(65%)
- Joaquin Diaz (Orionx Co-Founder)→mentioned with→Polygon(60%)
- Roberto Zibert→mentioned with→Binance(65%)
- Joaquin Diaz (Orionx Co-Founder)→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
- Roberto Zibert→mentioned with→Coinbase(60%)
- Joaquin Diaz (Orionx Co-Founder)→mentioned with→Tether(70%)
- Joaquin Diaz (Orionx Co-Founder)→mentioned with→Kraken(60%)
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Timeline(9 events)
2017
Orionx founded in Chile as a retail cryptocurrency exchange by Joaquín Díaz along with Roberto Zibert and other co-founders; later expanded into payments and financial services across Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico.
FinanceFeeds2018 to 2021
Period during which Orionx's criminal complaint alleges customer custodial assets were diverted to wallets outside the company's control, including transfers to an account linked to Díaz.
Bitcoin.com NewsJune 2025
Tether led Orionx's Series A financing round as part of a strategy to expand stablecoin infrastructure across Latin America.
CointelegraphJune 2026
Chile's Financial Market Commission (CMF) rejected Orionx's application for registration and authorization to provide crypto financial services (reported by different outlets as either June 19 or July, precise date not confirmed).
crypto.newsAugust 2026
Orionx COO Thomas Mac Millan reportedly identified a significant mismatch between recorded balances and actual custodial holdings.
FinanceFeedsSeptember 2026
Orionx filed a criminal complaint with Chile's Public Ministry against Roberto Zibert and Joaquín Díaz alleging disloyal administration in connection with the custody shortfall.
CointelegraphSeptember 2026
Orionx began permanently closing its operations, halting withdrawals and initiating wind-down proceedings.
CointelegraphSeptember 2026
A customer, Pedro Molleda, filed a separate criminal querella against Zibert, Díaz, and other former staff over an unrecovered bitcoin investment, and asked prosecutors to evaluate Orionx's corporate criminal liability.
Diario FinancieroSeptember 2026
Both Díaz and Zibert publicly and categorically denied the allegations against them in an email to Orionx clients, requesting an independent investigation.
La CuartaDecision Log
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- slot 446287894 · hash GdSgpMt2uU3QSXVNeUQfsirfAYTuo3MVHPYrPQNKawHp
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (2 decisions). 8 of 8 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 9/11/2026, 11:12:11 PM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:43:08 PM
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