🛸 CASE FILE
#11 2026 Didn’t Just Kill Tokens. It Erased Entire Crypto Businesses.
According to the compiled list, dozens of
$BTC crypto projects, products, and companies either shut down, discontinued services, or disappeared during 2026.
📂 What vanished
• Exchanges and trading platforms
• DeFi lending and derivatives protocols
• L1, L2, bridge, and zkEVM networks
• Wallets, analytics tools, and infrastructure providers
• NFT marketplaces and Web3 gaming projects
• Mining firms, crypto media, and DAO tooling
The list includes names such as:
BitMEX, BitMart, Across Protocol, Moonbeam, Loopring DEX, Radiant Capital, Balancer Labs, DappRadar, Goldfinch, Botanix, Magic Eden Wallet, Arkham Exchange, and Polygon zkEVM.
👁 Why it matters
This was not one sector collapsing.
It affected nearly every layer of crypto:
Trading. Infrastructure. DeFi. NFTs. Gaming. Wallets. Data.
The next cycle may not be defined only by which tokens survive.
It may be defined by which businesses can still afford to exist.