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Last changed 2026-10-17 · Community evidence — A moderator accepted a piece of community-submitted evidence: CryptoBriefing confirms Dutch prosecutors recovered ~€2.2M of the ~€7M missing Knaken customer funds via asset sale, with ~30,000 customers affected and a FIOD/prosecutor-led investigation into the shortfall — matching the note. Trust score now 25. Version history →

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Why this score
Every page starts at65
The subject's own conduct-65
Concerns that are not fraud-6
Long-running+10
Sum4
  • No established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band (26 or above).

Score: 25/100 (kept between 0 and 100)

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Summary

Knaken (Knaken Cryptohandel B.V.), a Rotterdam-based Dutch cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017, was declared bankrupt by a Rotterdam court on July 16, 2026 after roughly €7 million in customer funds could not be accounted for. The platform, which had roughly 30,000 customers, went offline in early June 2026 after failing to obtain the license required under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, and is now the subject of a Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) criminal investigation into the missing funds.

Connected Entities

1 entity · 1 linked investigation
Organizations
□Knaken
Also appears in
Knaken Exchange·26

Connected Through

1 shared actor · 1 investigation

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

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Community submissions

6 submissions awaiting moderator review.

Timeline(7 events)

2017

Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. founded in Rotterdam, Netherlands (exact founding date not specified in available reporting).

NL Times

2021

Knaken reportedly becomes a shirt sponsor associated with Dutch football clubs Ajax and Feyenoord (exact date not specified).

NL Times

July 2025

Deadline under EU MiCA regulation for crypto-asset service providers to hold a valid AFM authorization to continue operating in the Netherlands.

TFTC

June 2026

Knaken's website and mobile app go offline after its MiCAR license application to the AFM is rejected, locking out roughly 30,000 customers (exact date within early June not specified).

Cryptopolitan / TFTC

29 June 2026

Dutch fraud investigation service FIOD raids Knaken's premises, seizing laptops, phones, and company assets; no arrests reported.

TFTC

30 June 2026

Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) files a bankruptcy petition against Knaken, citing AFM warnings of a "very concerning situation."

NL Times

16 July 2026

Rotterdam District Court declares Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. and Stichting Knaken Payments bankrupt, citing a roughly €7 million shortfall in customer funds.

NL Times / DutchNews.nl
Provenance & Audit Trail
Recorded on Solana ✓Verify on-chain8 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

  • #3accept-1Recorded on Solana ✓10/17/2026, 6:28:03 AM
    slot 457937193 · hash J3E9uqaf91czPriUoQ1qEdio9tfJjzp3JJ1r1YthBGc7
  • #2rescore+22Recorded on Solana ✓10/10/2026, 6:43:05 PM
    slot 455363110 · hash BugefS1C1BRLrzuariKE3euGFV5qM17rAcuZC95PbMBt
  • #1publishRecorded on Solana ✓7/22/2026, 2:07:21 AM
    slot 443500993 · hash 5XkrFgQrGYCyD4gZPAvECBUMkszdFkKA5QdQkVK4w2Z4

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 decisions). 8 of 10 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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model: claude-code-investigator

generated: 7/22/2026, 2:05:35 AM

last updated: 10/17/2026, 6:28:03 AM

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