{"id":34298,"date":"2021-01-02T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T09:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=34298"},"modified":"2025-08-28T19:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:45:24","slug":"bittrex-to-delist-privacy-focused-coins-monero-zcash-and-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bittrex-to-delist-privacy-focused-coins-monero-zcash-and-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bittrex to delist privacy-focused coins Monero, Zcash and Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From January 15, the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex will halt trading of privacy-focused coins Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH).<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bittrex?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bittrex<\/a> Customers:<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24XMR&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$XMR<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ZEC<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24DASH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$DASH<\/a> markets will be removed on Friday, January 15th at 23:00 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8qAdjuwryJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/8qAdjuwryJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bittrex (@BittrexExchange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BittrexExchange\/status\/1345056010981892096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Assets on the platform trade in pairs with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and the Tether (USDT) stablecoin, with ZEC and DASH also traded against the US dollar.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange did not disclose the reason for the delisting of privacy-focused coins, citing its token-delisting rules.<\/p>\n<p>The Block analyst Larry Chermak <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawmaster\/status\/1345059196979597312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reminded<\/a> that exchanges in South Korea had previously stopped supporting anonymous coins due to FATF requirements. In his view, Bittrex&#8217;s decision could be the first similar regulator-driven response by American platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Among possible reasons for the delisting cited in Bittrex&#8217;s rules are evolving regulatory norms and other questions of legal compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Following the exchange&#8217;s announcement, prices of privacy-focused coins fell sharply. XMR dropped from $169 to $95, and as of writing the cryptocurrency was trading around $136.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_121229\" style=\"width: 1570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121229\" class=\"wp-image-121229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-13-1.png\" alt=\"Bittrex \u0443\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0442 \u0438\u0437 \u043b\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0430 \u0430\u043d\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442\u044b Monero,  Zcash \u0438 Dash\" width=\"1560\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-13-1.png 1560w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-13-1-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-13-1-1024x331.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-13-1-768x249.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-13-1-1536x497.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1560px) 100vw, 1560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-121229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TradingView.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to CoinGecko, in the last 24 hours ZEC fell about 10%, DASH about 11%.<\/p>\n<p>Dash contends that their coin <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dash-a-cryptocurrency-for-payments-not-for-privacy\">should not be regarded<\/a> as confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Former lead Monero developer Riccardo \u201cFluffypony\u201d Spagni, in <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ricardo-spagni-monero-privacy-attribution-is-a-major-misconception\">an interview with ForkLog<\/a>, said that the anonymity attributed to the cryptocurrency is a big misconception.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From January 15, the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex will halt trading of privacy-focused coins Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[720,1166,211,513,1256,202],"class_list":["post-34298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bittrex","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-dash","tag-monero","tag-privacy-and-personal-data","tag-zcash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34300,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34298\/revisions\/34300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}