DiscontinuedInfrastructureEthereum AbstractA blockchain from the company behind Pudgy Penguins | $11M | 2024 | 2026 | 2 yr 9 mo |
DeadCeFiEthereum Acorn CollectiveCrowdfunding aimed at regions beyond the usual startup hubs | $4.4M | 2017 | 2019 | 2 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFi AlgofiA lending market from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 batch | $2.8M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 6 mo |
DeadSocial & mediaEthereum Aluna SocialTraders could publish trades while keeping portfolio values private | $1M | 2017 | 2022 | 5 yr 5 mo |
DiscontinuedDAO toolsEthereum AragonIts 2017 token sold out in minutes; in 2023 it offered to buy every one back | $25M | 2016 | 2023 | 7 yr 10 mo |
DeadGamingArbitrum, Avalanche AscendersThe full world never followed its playable combat demo | $6.4M | 2022 | 2023 | 20 months |
DeadCeFiMulti-chain AscendEXTrading stopped before the company announced a wind-down | $50M | 2018 | 2026 | 8 years |
DeadNFTsEthereum Async ArtCollectors could own and change individual layers of an artwork | $2M | 2020 | 2023 | 3 yr 8 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsEthereum AuthereumA username and password replaced the usual seed-phrase login | $1.1M | 2019 | 2021 | 2 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsPolygon AutographTom Brady’s NFT startup dropped NFTs, then shut its fan app | $205M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 yr 1 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureEthereum Aztec ConnectIt stopped taking deposits eight months after launch | $17M | 2021 | 2024 | 2 yr 3 mo |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin Babel FinanceValued at $2 billion in May 2022; froze withdrawals 23 days later | $120M | 2018 | 2023 | 5 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum Babylon FinanceRecuero reported a three-quarter drop in managed assets | Unknown | 2021 | 2022 | 22 months |
DeadDeFiEthereum Balancer LabsThe company closed; the exchange it built kept running without it | $15M | 2018 | 2026 | 8 yr 2 mo |
DeadDeFiEthereum, Arbitrum BarnBridgeIts elected legal counsel halted all work in a Discord message | $1M | 2019 | 2023 | 4 yr 6 mo |
DeadDeFi BasisIt shut down before launch and handed the money back to investors | $133M | 2017 | 2018 | 18 months |
DiscontinuedCeFiMulti-chain BeaxyNine order types borrowed trading technology used in equities | $8M | 2017 | 2023 | 6 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureEthereum BitClaveIts final token-sale phase hit the cap in 32 seconds | $26M | 2016 | 2020 | 4 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin BitInstantCoinCentral reported purchases through 700,000-plus stores | $1.5M | 2011 | 2013 | 2 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructure Bitmark (original blockchain)Music rights and health records shared one ownership registry | $4.7M | 2014 | 2025 | 11 yr 1 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum BitskiPitched as the Shopify for NFTs; its wallets were phased out after a sale | $21M | 2016 | 2024 | 8 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin BitsparkCash remittances moved from bitcoin to fiat-pegged tokens | $1.3M | 2014 | 2020 | 6 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingEOS Blankos Block PartyIts studio was valued at $1.25B. The PC game went dark in 2023 | $225M | 2018 | 2023 | 5 yr 11 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureEthereum BlastIts bridge opened months before users could withdraw | $20M | 2023 | 2026 | 3 yr 9 mo |
DeadGamingEthereum, Polygon Blast RoyaleClosed eight months after its token launched, then gave away its code | $5M | 2018 | 2025 | 7 yr 5 mo |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin BlockFiValued at $3 billion in March 2021; in Chapter 11 by November 2022 | $448M | 2017 | 2022 | 5 yr 10 mo |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin BlockFillsBacked by Susquehanna, it froze withdrawals and filed for Chapter 11 in 2026 | $44M | 2017 | 2026 | 9 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingEthereum, Base BLOCKLORDSThe Steam release was followed by a closure report that summer | $15M | 2018 | 2026 | 8 yr 7 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum BlocknativeOnce among Ethereum's biggest block builders; it ended as a Deloitte acqui-hire | $32M | 2018 | 2026 | 8 yr 5 mo |
InsolventDeFiEthereum BlockportIt used a hybrid decentralized architecture | $15M | 2017 | 2019 | 2 yr 5 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsBitcoin BlockTrailUsers held their own keys through a multisignature wallet | $668K | 2014 | 2023 | 9 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsEthereum, Solana BloctoValued at $80 million in 2023, switched off less than three years later | $8M | 2019 | 2025 | 6 yr 11 mo |
DeadGamingPolygon BloktopiaA 21-floor virtual skyscraper for crypto brands, closed four years after its IDO | $4.2M | 2021 | 2026 | 4 yr 8 mo |
DeadInfrastructureBitcoin BonafideMerchants and wallets were meant to share a reputation layer | $850K | 2013 | 2015 | 2 yr 10 mo |
DeadNFTsEthereum, Polygon BonfireNine venture funds backed a website builder for creators' fans | $6.2M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 yr 4 mo |
DeadGamingPolygon, Immutable BoomLandBuilt by mobile veterans with 1.5 billion downloads behind them | $1M | 2022 | 2026 | 4 years |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin BottlepayThe app closed despite the group saying it remained well funded | $17M | 2018 | 2023 | 5 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsEthereum, Bitcoin BRD (Breadwallet)An early iOS bitcoin wallet, switched off four months after Coinbase bought it | $55M | 2015 | 2022 | 7 yr 2 mo |
DeadDeFiBitcoin BTCjamBorrowers could seek Bitcoin loans across national borders | $9.2M | 2012 | 2017 | 5 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin ButtercoinGoogle Ventures backed its bitcoin marketplace | Unknown | 2013 | 2015 | 2 yr 3 mo |
DeadNFTsSolana Cardinal LabsClosed a year after a seed round co-led by Solana Ventures | $5.2M | 2021 | 2023 | 21 months |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin Celsius NetworkValued at $3.25 billion in November 2021; in Chapter 11 eight months later | $820M | 2017 | 2022 | 5 yr 6 mo |
DormantGamingEthereum, Polygon Champions AscensionIt sold 7,622 founder NFTs, then paused to chase user acquisition | $32M | 2021 | 2025 | 3 yr 3 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin ChangeTipBitcoin Magazine reported 47,000 linked social accounts | $3.5M | 2013 | 2016 | 3 yr 10 mo |
DeadGamingEthereum ChronoForgeThree months in Early Access, then the servers went dark | $3M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 yr 1 mo |
DeadSocial & mediaEthereum CivilConsenSys bought most of its token sale, and it still missed its minimum | $5M | 2016 | 2020 | 4 yr 5 mo |
InsolventCeFiCustodial CoinFLEXIts creditors were handed 65% of the company in a Seychelles restructuring | $11M | 2019 | 2022 | 3 yr 7 mo |
InsolventDeFiEthereum CoinLoanBorrowers pledged crypto to obtain fiat loans | $3M | 2017 | 2023 | 6 yr 5 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin CoinsecureIts rupee marketplace launched on New Year’s Day | $1.5M | 2014 | 2018 | 3 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedDAO toolsEthereum, Polygon CoinshiftIt ran payouts for Uniswap and Consensys, then turned to stablecoins | $18M | 2021 | 2026 | 4 yr 9 mo |
InsolventInfrastructureBitcoin CoinTerraIts founder had worked on Samsung’s processor designs | $2.3M | 2013 | 2015 | 17 months |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin CredA US crypto lender in Chapter 11 two years before Celsius and Voyager | $26M | 2017 | 2020 | 3 yr 10 mo |
InsolventGamingPolygon Cross The AgesTwo funding rounds, a token listing, then judicial liquidation | $16M | 2020 | 2026 | 6 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingPolygon, Arbitrum Crypto UnicornsThe studio planned a smaller team, then switched off its farm game | $31M | 2021 | 2024 | 2 yr 10 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsEthereum, Multi-chain Ctrl Wallet (formerly XDEFI Wallet)Taken over by a Cardano company in April, switched off in August | $6M | 2020 | 2026 | 6 yr 1 mo |
DeadDeFiEthereum DangoIt built its own blockchain to run one exchange; both closed within months | $3.6M | Unknown | 2026 | — |
DeadInfrastructureMulti-chain DappRadarThe industry's dapp scoreboard for seven years, until it switched itself off | $7.3M | 2018 | 2025 | 7 yr 9 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsEthereum, Polygon DharmaPitched as the Robinhood of DeFi, it was shut a month after OpenSea bought it | $7M | 2017 | 2022 | 5 years |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum, Flow DibbsFans could buy a sports card a dollar at a time | $16M | 2020 | 2023 | 3 yr 2 mo |
DeadCeFiEthereum DonutIts lending partner froze withdrawals; three months later it closed | $2M | 2018 | 2023 | 5 yr 1 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiCustodial EcoA crypto savings app that told customers it was 'not a bank' | $95M | 2018 | 2023 | 5 yr 8 mo |
DeadGamingEthereum Ember SwordThe playable game arrived without the land sold before it | $2.7M | 2018 | 2025 | 6 yr 7 mo |
DeadCeFiMulti-chain EntropySeveral pivots, then a promise to return leftover backing | $27M | 2021 | 2026 | 5 years |
InsolventInfrastructureEthereum EnvionThe token sale was followed by a court-ordered dissolution | $100M | 2017 | 2018 | 22 months |
DeadGamingSolana Eternal DragonsThe studio ended its game and offered to buy back the NFTs | $8.2M | 2022 | 2024 | 2 yr 1 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum, Multi-chain Everclear (formerly Connext)Value moved across chains; the team said revenue did not follow | $25M | 2017 | 2026 | 9 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiSolana EverlendIt shut down with runway left, saying carrying on would be a gamble | $2.6M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 1 mo |
DeadNFTsSolana Exchange ArtIt claimed over 80% of Solana's one-of-one art market, then shut down | $3.2M | 2021 | 2026 | 4 yr 10 mo |
InsolventInfrastructureBitcoin Factom Inc.The company’s bankruptcy did not end its public protocol | $18M | 2013 | 2020 | 7 yr 5 mo |
DeadGamingBase Fantasy TopFantasy sports where the players were crypto influencers on X | $4.8M | 2023 | 2026 | 3 yr 5 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum Fei ProtocolIts launch took in 639,000 ETH; 16 months later its makers proposed a wind-down | $19M | 2021 | 2022 | 19 months |
DeadGamingRonin Fishing FrenzyThe team tried new audiences for a year, then called time | $1.7M | 2024 | 2026 | 2 yr 5 mo |
DeadNFTsSolana FormfunctionA marketplace for one-of-one art on Solana that lasted thirteen months | $4.7M | 2022 | 2023 | 13 months |
DiscontinuedDeFiSolana FriktionIts vaults held $150M or more at the 2022 peak; by January 2023, exits only | $5.5M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 years |
InsolventCeFiMulti-chain, Custodial FTXValued at $32 billion in January 2022; bankrupt ten months later | $2.2B | 2019 | 2022 | 3 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum, Polygon Fuji FinanceBorrowing could be routed across several money markets | $1.3M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 8 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingEthereum FunFair (original casino platform)Most of its remaining token treasury passed to a new operator | $26M | 2017 | 2020 | 3 years |
InsolventInfrastructureBitcoin Giga WattIts token offering promised access to mining power infrastructure | $22M | 2012 | 2018 | 6 yr 10 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum Gladius NetworkIt reported its own ICO to the SEC, then ran out of money | $13M | 2017 | 2019 | 2 yr 4 mo |
AbandonedNFTsEthereum, Solana GlassIt bet YouTubers would sell their videos as NFTs | $5M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 8 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum GoldfinchIts token holders voted unanimously to stop building it | $36M | 2020 | 2026 | 5 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum, Avalanche Gro ProtocolTwo stablecoin products offered different levels of risk | $9.1M | 2020 | 2023 | 3 yr 8 mo |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin Haru InvestA $284M valuation in September 2022, frozen nine months later | $4M | 2019 | 2023 | 4 yr 5 mo |
InsolventInfrastructureBitcoin HashFastIts mining chip was called Golden Nonce | $642K | 2013 | 2014 | 17 months |
DeadDeFiAvalanche Hubble ExchangeIt matched orders on its own blockchain and closed on three days' notice | $3.3M | 2021 | 2024 | 3 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsSolana, Avalanche HyperspaceDragonfly and Pantera co-led its seed; the marketplace closed in 2024 | $4.5M | 2021 | 2024 | 3 yr 8 mo |
DeadDeFiSolana Jet ProtocolA Solana lender backed by Paradigm and Three Arrows Capital | $12M | 2021 | 2024 | 3 yr 4 mo |
DeadCeFiMulti-chain JunoIt paid 5% on checking until its banking partner froze the accounts | $21M | 2019 | 2025 | 6 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructure KadenaThe company stopped at once; its proof-of-work chain kept running without it | $14M | 2016 | 2025 | 9 yr 9 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum, Arbitrum KintoAn L2 where every user passed KYC, closed two months after its token was hit | $11M | 2023 | 2025 | 2 yr 7 mo |
InsolventInfrastructureBitcoin KnCMinerAccel and Creandum backed the hardware maker | Unknown | 2013 | 2016 | 3 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum KnownOrigineBay bought it four months after its Series A, then wound it down two years on | $4.8M | 2018 | 2024 | 6 yr 6 mo |
DormantGamingEthereum, Polygon KryptomonThe games went offline while the studio looked for a buyer | $11M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedSocial & media LBRY Inc.A decentralized network survived its developer’s closure | Unknown | 2015 | 2023 | 8 yr 5 mo |
DeadWalletsTerra Leap WalletBuilt as a Terra wallet, it outlived Terra's collapse by four years | $3.2M | 2021 | 2026 | 4 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsEthereum, Polygon Linen WalletMultiple signing keys backed a recoverable wallet | $6.3M | 2018 | 2023 | 5 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedWalletsEthereum, Bitcoin LiqualityThe wallet gave users a deadline to move to another app | $7M | 2018 | 2024 | 6 yr 5 mo |
DeadDeFiEthereum LoopringRaised 120,000 ETH in 2017, then had to hand most of it back | $45M | 2017 | 2026 | 9 yr 5 mo |
InsolventCeFiCustodial LykkeA Swiss exchange also operated in the UK | $12M | 2013 | 2024 | 11 yr 11 mo |
DeadNFTsEthereum MakersPlaceIt minted Beeple's $69.3 million Christie's NFT; four years later it closed | $32M | 2018 | 2025 | 7 years |
DeadDeFiSolana Mango MarketsDrained in 2022, settled with the SEC in 2024, voted itself shut in 2025 | $70M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 years |
InsolventInfrastructure Mavatar TechnologiesShoppable media linked content creators to retail transactions | $2.6M | 2011 | 2020 | 9 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum MelonportIts developers planned to relinquish control after launch | $2.9M | 2016 | 2019 | 2 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin Melotic (exchange)It sought to be a liquidity hub for new digital assets | $1.2M | 2014 | 2015 | 16 months |
DeadDeFi MilkyWayThe first liquid staking token for Celestia, gone two years after launch | $5M | 2023 | 2026 | 2 yr 3 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum, Optimism Mint BlockchainNFTScan Labs helped build the NFT-focused rollup | $5M | 2024 | 2026 | 2 yr 3 mo |
DiscontinuedSocial & mediaEthereum MirrorValued at $100M in 2021; its new owner shut it down four years later | $10M | 2020 | 2025 | 5 yr 8 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiEthereum Monolith (formerly TokenCard)A 2017 ICO that kept a Visa card running for five years | $17M | 2017 | 2024 | 7 yr 9 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum, BNB Chain MultichainReported at a $1.2B valuation; the bridge later stopped | $60M | 2020 | 2023 | 3 years |
DeadCeFiEthereum NeufundRetail investors could buy tokenized company equity | $24M | 2016 | 2022 | 6 years |
DeadNFTsEthereum NFTfiIt let people borrow against NFTs until the NFT market shrank | $5M | 2020 | 2026 | 6 yr 7 mo |
DeadNFTsArbitrum nftperpVersion one closed; the second attempt was later sunset | $4.7M | 2022 | 2025 | 3 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum, Solana NFTPortDevelopers could mint NFTs without writing smart-contract code | $26M | 2021 | 2024 | 3 yr 3 mo |
DeadNFTsEthereum, Polygon Nifty'sSpace Jam, The Matrix, Game of Thrones NFTs; the relaunch never came | $10M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureEthereum NuCypherApplications could grant and revoke access to encrypted data | $16M | 2015 | 2026 | 11 yr 4 mo |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin NuriIt set out to become a bank; a later chief executive said €50M was missing | $48M | 2015 | 2022 | 7 yr 7 mo |
DeadGamingSolana Nyan HeroesFour playtests, then the studio closed before the full release | $11M | 2021 | 2025 | 3 yr 9 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum OmnitudeMalta announced a public-transport partnership with the team | $8M | 2017 | 2020 | 3 years |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureBitcoin OpenBazaar (OB1 era)Hoffman reported more than 250,000 desktop installs | Unknown | 2014 | 2021 | 7 years |
DeadNFTs OpulousMusicians could seek loans backed by their royalty income | $1.5M | 2018 | 2026 | 8 years |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum OpynCoinbase hired its leaders, and the product they were building never shipped | $8.9M | 2019 | 2025 | 6 yr 6 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum ParagonAmong the first ICOs penalised by the SEC; its token registration was revoked | $12M | 2017 | 2020 | 3 yr 3 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructure Parsec FinanceIts terminal also offered APIs for onchain agents | $5.3M | 2020 | 2026 | 6 yr 1 mo |
DiscontinuedDAO toolsEthereum PartyDAOThe team built collective NFT bidding, then joined Stripe | $16M | 2021 | 2026 | 4 yr 10 mo |
DeadSocial & media PhaverIt claimed half of Lens traffic, then ran out of cash after its token launch | $7M | 2022 | 2025 | 3 yr 3 mo |
DeadCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin PillowThe CEO promised investors a refund as the crypto-savings app closed | $21M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 6 mo |
DeadGamingEthereum Pirate NationIt built two blockchains to run one game | $33M | 2023 | 2026 | 3 years |
DiscontinuedGamingEthereum, Base PixelmonFamous for a botched NFT reveal, its games stalled at 'not good enough' | $8M | 2021 | 2026 | 5 yr 8 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingPolygon Planet MojoIts studio shut every game to build an AI movie maker | $5M | 2021 | 2025 | 3 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum PolynomialOptions strategies evolved into an onchain derivatives platform | $1.1M | 2021 | 2026 | 5 yr 1 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum Porter FinanceMeyer said Ribbon’s bond obligations survived the closure | $5M | 2021 | 2022 | 18 months |
InsolventCeFiCustodial Prime TrustNevada said the custodian could not meet customer withdrawals | $171M | 2016 | 2023 | 7 yr 5 mo |
DiscontinuedSocial & mediaEthereum PropsIt won SEC qualification, then said the rules left it no room to grow | $22M | 2017 | 2021 | 4 yr 7 mo |
InsolventCeFiMulti-chain QredoValued at $460M in 2022, in administration two years later | $125M | 2018 | 2024 | 6 yr 1 mo |
DeadInfrastructure QubeChain, LLC.Healthcare records were among its proposed blockchain applications | $5.8M | 2015 | 2019 | 4 years |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum, BNB Chain QuiddA digital-sticker app later introduced blockchain collectibles | $25M | 2016 | 2025 | 9 years |
DiscontinuedDeFiArbitrum, BNB Chain Radiant CapitalIt spent 18 months trying to recover from one hack, then stopped | $10M | 2022 | 2026 | 3 yr 11 mo |
DeadSocial & mediaEthereum RallyFans bought creator coins on a sidechain shut with less than a day's notice | $107M | 2018 | 2023 | 5 years |
DiscontinuedGaming Ready Player MeA selfie became an avatar that could travel between games | $70M | 2014 | 2025 | 11 yr 11 mo |
DeadNFTsEthereum RecurThe largest Series A in NFTs, by its own count, lasted under two years | $55M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureEthereum, Solana RenAlameda bought it in 2021. Alameda's bankruptcy switched it off | $31M | 2017 | 2022 | 5 yr 10 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum ReservoirThe team ended its NFT business to concentrate on Relay | $26M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 yr 9 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsPolygon RoyalBacked by a16z, Nas and The Chainsmokers, it paused royalty sales in 2024 | $71M | 2021 | 2024 | 2 yr 11 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum RTFKTNike bought it seven months after its seed round and closed it three years on | $8M | 2020 | 2024 | 4 yr 11 mo |
DeadDeFiEthereum Saddle FinanceIts token holders voted to pause every pool and hand out the treasury | $12M | 2020 | 2023 | 3 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum Sense FinanceYield-bearing assets were split into principal and future income | $5.2M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 9 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin, Multi-chain ShapeShift (former exchange company)Customers swapped coins without opening accounts | $13M | 2014 | 2021 | 7 years |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureEthereum ShipChainThe team said its logistics work would remain open source | $28M | 2017 | 2020 | 3 yr 1 mo |
DeadGamingEthereum Sidus HeroesIt stopped, saying its old business models no longer worked | $21M | 2021 | 2026 | 5 yr 3 mo |
DeadInfrastructure Skynet LabsIt said it had millions of monthly users and still could not close a round | $3M | 2014 | 2022 | 8 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum, Polygon Slingshot (formerly DEX.AG)Backed by Ribbit, The Chainsmokers and Jason Derulo; closed by its buyer | $18M | 2018 | 2026 | 8 yr 1 mo |
DiscontinuedNFTsEthereum, Optimism Sound.xyzAndreessen Horowitz led both rounds; the team left it to build something else | $25M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 yr 11 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureBitcoin Spondoolies-TechCloud mining was offered through Genesis Mining | Unknown | 2013 | 2016 | 3 yr 4 mo |
DeadCeFiTerra StablegainsIt shut down a month after announcing its seed round | $3M | 2021 | 2022 | 16 months |
DeadDeFiSolana Step FinanceCalled the front page of Solana, it shut weeks after its treasury was drained | $2M | 2021 | 2026 | 5 yr 1 mo |
InsolventInfrastructureEthereum Storj LabsFiles were split across a network of storage operators | $35M | 2014 | 2026 | 12 yr 6 mo |
InsolventCeFi StormXShopping rewards could be paid in several cryptocurrencies | $48M | 2013 | 2025 | 12 yr 5 mo |
DeadDAO tools SuperdaoIt closed with money left over, and said it would give it back | $12M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 years |
InsolventInfrastructure SymbiontIts software carried Vanguard’s index data | $35M | 2013 | 2022 | 9 yr 11 mo |
DeadDAO toolsEthereum SyndicateBegan as investment-club tooling for DAOs; wound down as a rollup company | $22M | 2021 | 2026 | 5 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum TaaSToken holders were promised quarterly profit distributions | $7.7M | 2017 | 2019 | 2 years |
DiscontinuedDAO toolsEthereum TallyRan the votes for Uniswap and Arbitrum; wound down 11 months after its Series A | $14M | 2020 | 2026 | 6 yr 2 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingEthereum, Solana TatsumeekoEight playtests in three years, then the studio started over | $7.5M | 2021 | 2025 | 3 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin TenXThe crypto debit-card service was discontinued | $81M | 2015 | 2021 | 5 yr 7 mo |
InsolventDeFiTerra Terraform LabsIts dollar stablecoin fell to about 10 cents within a week in May 2022 | $57M | 2018 | 2024 | 6 years |
DeadNFTsEthereum TesseraParadigm led both of its rounds; it wound down nine months after the second | $28M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingPolygon, Immutable The Mystery SocietyClub Penguin's former boss tried Among Us with NFTs; it lasted a year | $3M | 2022 | 2025 | 2 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedCeFiBitcoin The Sun ExchangeSolar cells could earn their owners Bitcoin payments | $8.1M | 2015 | 2024 | 9 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedInfrastructureBitcoin TradeBlockIt started as a blog called The Genesis Block | $2.8M | 2013 | 2023 | 10 yr 4 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingEthereum UnikrnThe SEC made it disable its token; its new owner shut the betting app in 2023 | $41M | 2014 | 2023 | 9 yr 9 mo |
DeadGamingPolygon UnioverseA 50-person studio led by a GTA veteran, offline within three years of its seed | $7.6M | 2022 | 2025 | 2 yr 9 mo |
DiscontinuedDAO toolsMulti-chain Utopia LabsIts product was switched off a year before Coinbase hired the team | $23M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 10 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiSolana UXD ProtocolIts team said the stablecoin was not exciting enough | $60M | 2021 | 2024 | 3 yr 7 mo |
InsolventCeFiCustodial VauldIt said withdrawals would continue as usual, then froze them 18 days later | $28M | 2018 | 2022 | 4 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum Vega ProtocolIts token holders voted almost unanimously to switch its chain off | $53M | 2018 | 2024 | 6 yr 8 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum, Arbitrum Vertex ProtocolFunded to trade FX on Terra, it became an Arbitrum perps DEX instead | $8.5M | 2022 | 2025 | 3 yr 6 mo |
DeadInfrastructure Vivagogy LimitedIt described data and competencies as assets that could be tokenized | $5.3M | 2016 | 2019 | 2 yr 11 mo |
DeadNFTsEthereum, Polygon VoiceThe social network became an NFT market, then closed | $150M | 2019 | 2023 | 4 yr 3 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiArbitrum Vovo FinanceCurve yields supported leveraged GMX positions | $2M | 2021 | 2023 | 2 yr 4 mo |
InsolventCeFiCustodial Voyager DigitalA listed broker with a major exposure to one failed hedge fund | $221M | 2018 | 2022 | 4 yr 6 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingPolygon, Base WildcardSix months of early access before multiplayer ended | $53M | 2022 | 2026 | 3 yr 10 mo |
DeadInfrastructureEthereum Winding TreeAirlines and hotels were meant to reach buyers directly | $16M | 2017 | 2024 | 7 yr 7 mo |
DeadCeFiMulti-chain, Custodial WyreA reported $1.5 billion sale fell through; nine months later it wound down | $14M | 2013 | 2023 | 10 yr 5 mo |
InsolventCeFiMulti-chain Yield AppCustomer claims passed to joint liquidators | Unknown | 2020 | 2024 | 4 yr 5 mo |
DeadDeFiEthereum Yield ProtocolParadigm's first incubation, wound down citing weak demand for fixed rates | $10M | 2020 | 2023 | 3 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedSocial & mediaEthereum, EOS YupIt paid people in tokens to rate the web, until thirdweb bought it | $3.5M | 2019 | 2025 | 5 yr 5 mo |
DeadDeFiEthereum ZapperSeven years in, it chose an 'orderly wind down' over the alternatives | $17M | 2019 | 2026 | 7 yr 7 mo |
DiscontinuedGamingPolygon ZED RUNIts horse NFTs did not carry over to the sequel | $20M | 2019 | 2025 | 6 yr 1 mo |
DeadDeFiEthereum, Base ZeroLendIts team said the networks it relied on had fallen quiet | $3M | 2023 | 2026 | 3 yr 1 mo |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin ZigluRobinhood agreed to buy it for $170M; three years later it was insolvent | $25M | 2018 | 2025 | 7 yr 5 mo |
InsolventCeFiEthereum, Bitcoin ZipmexWithdrawals stopped, then exposure to two lenders was disclosed | $52M | 2019 | 2022 | 3 yr 6 mo |
DeadDeFiStarknet zkLendAn early Starknet lender backed by StarkWare itself | $5M | 2021 | 2025 | 4 yr 5 mo |
DiscontinuedDeFiEthereum, Starknet ZKXIt launched its token six weeks before it shut down | $4.5M | 2021 | 2024 | 3 yr 6 mo |