Bittrex is a US-based cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in Seattle, Washington.[1] The company was founded in 2013 by Bill Shihara and two business partners, all of whom previously worked as security professionals at Microsoft.[4] The exchange is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges because of its high trading volume, is renowned for the vast number of cryptocurrencies it has listed, and has a good reputation for its security.[2]
Since December 2017, along with Binance and Bitfinex, it had temporarily stopped new user registrations due to high demand.[5]
On April 10, 2018 the company open registrations for new users but was again forced to temporarily stop new user registrations after just a couple of hours due to the high demand.[6]
In April 2018, the company released an overhauled design of the website, as well as a new trading user interface.