The FinTech Graveyard
A memorial to financial apps and services that have shut down. Learn from the past and stay informed about the risks in the fintech space.
Top NFT marketplace offering curated digital art drops with credit card payments
Saber is a decentralized stablecoin AMM on Solana enabling low-slippage swaps between pegged assets and wrapped tokens.
Swiss sustainable digital bank focused on ESG investments
Digital banking app from Swiss retailer Coop
Canadian digital bank offering high-interest savings and mortgages
Swiss neobank offering multi-currency accounts
HSBC digital wallet for international money transfers
Sustainable banking app tracking carbon footprint
Ethereum's premier curated NFT marketplace for digital creators and collectors
Cega is a decentralized exotic options protocol offering structured yield vaults with built-in principal protection across Solana, Ethereum, and Arbitrum.
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform
Open-source Solana lending protocol offering fixed-rate borrowing, margin accounts, and order-book-based DeFi money markets.
Prize-linked savings neobank with lottery-style rewards
Crypto-focused bank serving digital asset companies
UK digital bank for SMEs and freelancers
LGBTQ+ focused neobank with tailored financial products
Swiss digital bank offering trading and banking services
TD Ameritrade was a premier U.S. online brokerage platform founded in 1975, offering commission-free equity and options trading through its flagship thinkorswim platform. Acquired by Charles Schwab in 2020 for $26 billion, the platform served approximately 12 million client accounts holding $1.3 trillion in assets before full account migration to Schwab was completed in May 2024.The broker pioneered electronic retail trading, introducing one of the first telephone-based quote and order entry systems in 1988 and later becoming an early adopter of internet-based trading. Its acquisition of thinkorswim in 2009 for $606 million gave it one of the most advanced derivatives trading platforms in the retail brokerage industry.TD Ameritrade offered zero-commission trades on U.S.-listed stocks, ETFs, and options, along with extensive research from third-party providers, real-time streaming quotes, and a comprehensive education center. The platform supported equities, fixed income, mutual funds, futures, and forex trading.Regulated by the SEC, FINRA, and CFTC, TD Ameritrade was a member of SIPC with securities protection up to $500,000 including a $250,000 cash limit. The firm also carried supplemental insurance through London insurers.All TD Ameritrade client accounts and services have been fully transitioned to Charles Schwab. The thinkorswim trading platform continues to operate under the Schwab brand.
Middleware platform connecting fintechs to banks
Digital bank for freelancers and small businesses
French mobile bank from telecom giant Orange
Digital banking app for Indian teenagers
Solana's first decentralized yield aggregator with auto-compounding vaults, lending, and leveraged farming — now inactive
Bittrex Global was a Liechtenstein-headquartered regulated cryptocurrency exchange founded by former Amazon security engineers in 2014. It offered institutional-grade spot trading across hundreds of digital asset pairs with a maker-taker fee model starting at 0.10%.The platform distinguished itself through its security-first architecture, built by co-founders Bill Shihara, Richie Lai, and Rami Kawach — all former cybersecurity leads at Amazon. It was registered with the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA) under the Token and TT Service Provider Act (TVTG) and held a Digital Asset Business Act (DABA) license in Bermuda.Bittrex Global supported fiat on-ramps via EUR and USD wire transfers, offered staking services, and provided an advanced API for algorithmic traders. At its peak, it listed over 250 cryptocurrencies with more than 300 trading pairs.In May 2023, the U.S. arm (Bittrex Inc.) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following SEC charges for operating as an unregistered securities exchange. A $24 million settlement was reached in August 2023. Bittrex Global subsequently announced the wind-down of all international operations effective December 4, 2023.Both entities — Bittrex Global GmbH (Liechtenstein) and Bittrex Global Ltd (Bermuda) — are now in formal liquidation. The platform is permanently closed to new trading, and remaining creditor claims are being processed through court-supervised proceedings.
Friktion was a Solana DeFi protocol delivering automated structured yield strategies through options vaults for DAOs, institutions, and individuals.
Crypto lending arm that filed for bankruptcy
Crypto lending platform that went bankrupt
Major crypto exchange that collapsed
Crypto lending platform that filed for bankruptcy
Crypto broker that filed for bankruptcy
Algorithmic stablecoin that collapsed
UK regional challenger bank focused on Northern England
Cropper Finance is a decentralized exchange and automated market maker built on Solana, enabling permissionless yield farming, concentrated liquidity provisioning, token swaps, and CRP staking for SPL projects.Originally launched in 2021 as the first permissionless yield farming platform on Solana, Cropper Finance allows any SPL project to create liquidity pools and launch yield farms without requiring special permissions. The platform uses a Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker (CLMM) model to enhance capital efficiency and trading yields.Key capabilities include token swapping via Solana's on-chain order book infrastructure, customizable farm parameters such as farming pairs, emission schedules, and lock-up options, plus CRP token staking for governance and rewards. Farm creators pay fees in CRP, while CRP-paired farms are exempt from creation charges.The platform was audited by Halborn cybersecurity firm prior to launch, establishing an early security-first standard in the Solana DeFi ecosystem. Cropper Finance raised $1.43M through seed and ICO rounds with backing from SkyVision Capital, ExNetwork Capital, and Basics Capital.The team behind Cropper Finance has since expanded its vision with CROPR (cropr.finance), a multi-chain DeFi SuperApp aggregating trading, lending, bridging, and portfolio management across Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, and additional EVM chains.