Summary
Rain (rain.com / Rain Financial) is a Bahrain-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017, holding licenses from the Central Bank of Bahrain and the Abu Dhabi Global Market's Financial Services Regulatory Authority. In April 2024, the exchange suffered a confirmed security breach of approximately $14.8 million in BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP, which went undisclosed for approximately two weeks until blockchain investigator ZachXBT publicly exposed it. Rain subsequently confirmed the incident and stated that all customer funds were covered from company reserves.
Connected Entities
25 entities- Rainmaker (RAIN)→associated with→Rain(80%)
- 7ZUq2cz4jgkg8gGp1s7qMdyT7PeaprSV3iYL2cndY3Ke→sent funds to→Rainmaker(70%)
- + 21 more
Live On-Chain Activity
1 address watched · via HeliusTimeline(9 events)
2017-01-01
Rain Financial founded by Abdullah Almoaiqel, AJ Nelson, Joseph Dallago, and Yehia Badawy; entered Central Bank of Bahrain regulatory sandbox.
2019-01-01
Rain receives Category 3 Crypto-Asset Module license from Central Bank of Bahrain, becoming the first licensed crypto exchange in the Middle East.
2023-07-25
Rain Trading Limited granted full Financial Services Permission by ADGM FSRA, permitting virtual asset brokerage and custody in the UAE.
2024-04-29
Rain exchange wallets experience approximately $14.8 million in unauthorized outflows across BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP. Rain does not publicly disclose the incident.
Decision Log
- hash: BbaW92qcSYbHwtUrc33fBGLtqeLs82cYSbmqLMdVnNnT
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-sonnet
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:33 AM
last updated: 5/26/2026, 4:11:12 AM
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