Bittrex is a defunct U.S. cryptocurrency exchange that wound down its domestic operations in April 2023 and subsequently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Bittrex's Twitter Score is 224 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #1,896 (top 0.5%) among 498,071 tracked accounts.
Bittrex was co-founded by William Hiroaki Shihara, who also served as its former CEO. Incorporated as a Delaware corporation, it operated a crypto asset trading platform serving U.S. customers and at its peak listed more than 150 coins and tokens. Previously, Bittrex was affiliated with Bittrex Global GmbH and formerly operated as a subsidiary of Aquila Holdings, Inc.
Bittrex faced significant regulatory and legal actions in its final years. In October 2022, it settled with the U.S. Treasury's OFAC and FinCEN for more than $53 million combined, covering sanctions and Bank Secrecy Act violations. On April 17, 2023, the SEC charged Bittrex, Inc., Bittrex Global GmbH, and Shihara for operating an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. On August 10, 2023, all three parties agreed to settle those SEC charges, paying a total of $24 million. Bittrex filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with assets and liabilities each estimated between $500 million and $1 billion.
Bittrex's account has published 12,137 posts and has attracted 893,354 followers as of October 2026. Bittrex has been mentioned by 1,229 accounts a total of 7,460 times.
Bittrex's portfolio includes VALR.
Who follows Bittrex on X?
The accounts that follow Bittrex include 1,000 founders, 225 angel investors, 457 influencers and 61 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, Kyle Samani, CoinDesk and Andrew Kang.