LCX Exchange
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LCX Exchange (Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange) is a regulated crypto trading platform incorporated in Liechtenstein and registered with the country's Financial Market Authority (FMA). On January 8, 2022, the exchange suffered a hot wallet compromise resulting in the theft of approximately $6.8–7.94 million in various cryptocurrencies; LCX subsequently covered all user losses from company funds and cooperated with multi-jurisdictional law enforcement, ultimately freezing approximately 60% of stolen assets. As of 2024–2025, LCX remains operational, holds multiple licenses under the Liechtenstein Blockchain Act (TVTG), and has filed a pre-application for a pan-European MiCA license.
Connected Entities
5 entities · 60 linked investigations- Ethereum→mentioned with→Coinbase(60%)
- LCX Exchange→mentioned with→Ethereum(80%)
- LCX Exchange→mentioned with→Coinbase(70%)
- LCX Exchange→mentioned with→North Korea Lazarus Group — H1 2026 Systematic Crypto Theft Campaign(80%)
- LCX Exchange→mentioned with→Liquid Global(80%)
- Liquid Global→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- North Korea Lazarus Group — H1 2026 Systematic Crypto Theft Campaign→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
Timeline(11 events)
April 2018
LCX AG (Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange) incorporated in Liechtenstein.
LCX Official / CoinDesk2020
LCX registered as a Crypto Assets Service Provider (CASP) in Liechtenstein under the Blockchain Act (TVTG).
LCX Official5 January 2021
LCX obtains 8 of 11 available crypto license categories under Liechtenstein's Blockchain Act, as reported by CoinDesk.
CoinDesk8 January 2022
Hot wallet compromise: unauthorized actor drains approximately $7.94 million in ETH, USDC, EURe, LCX, SAND, LINK, QNT, ENJ, and MKR between 11:23 PM and 11:37 PM CET. All funds moved through Tornado Cash within 45 minutes.
LCX Hot Wallet Incident Report / TRM Labs9 January 2022
LCX pauses all deposits and withdrawals; notifies partners Monerium and Liquid Global, Liechtenstein authorities, and blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.
LCX Hot Wallet Incident Report28 January 2022
LCX resumes deposits and withdrawals; states all user losses covered from company funds.
LCX OfficialJune 2022
LCX files complaint in the New York Supreme Court against anonymous defendants (LCX AG v. John Does 1-2).
LCX Hack Update / Holland & Knight NYSCEF filing2 June 2022
New York Supreme Court issues temporary restraining order and authorizes service of legal process via NFT airdrop to hacker's Ethereum wallet — a legal first. Centre Consortium freezes 1,274,249 USDC on-chain per court order.
CoinTelegraph / Lexology7 June 2022
LCX reports approximately 60% of stolen funds frozen across multiple jurisdictions, including 500 ETH frozen at Coinbase Europe via Liechtenstein court order.
LCX Hack Update24 December 2024
LCX files pre-application for pan-European MiCA license with Liechtenstein's Financial Market Authority (FMA).
GlobeNewswireFebruary 2026
LCX announces Liberty Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain targeting institutional tokenization.
Gate Blog / Blockchain MagazineDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (5 decisions). 10 of 12 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/1/2026, 5:48:16 PM
last updated: 6/1/2026, 5:48:16 PM
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