What ZBG is
ZBG was a cryptocurrency exchange launched in July 2018 by ZB Group, the group behind ZB.com. The website described it as a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to the group's international business; ZB.com presented it as its "innovative" exchange. It focused on Russia, Turkey and South-East Asia. It offered spot trading in hundreds of tokens, with a focus on new projects, a launch platform ("Super Launchpad"), savings products, OTC and, from March 2020, perpetual contracts with leverage of up to 100x, which can wipe out capital even with small price movements. The platform token ZT gave access to VIP plans with discounted fees and early access to launches.
Regulation and licences
(Verified: October 2026)
- MiCA: NOT APPLICABLE — the website has been unreachable since 2024, before MiCA began to apply to crypto-asset service providers (30 December 2024); it does not appear in the ESMA registers.
- CONSOB (Italy's securities regulator): no blocking order for the name ZBG or for the zbg.com domain in the notices from 2019 to October 2026.
Security
The website claimed to keep 95% of assets in cold wallets and to use two-factor authentication. There are no records of cyberattacks against ZBG (Verified: October 2026), but the group is that of ZB.com, which suspended deposits and withdrawals on 2 August 2022. The last post on the official blog dates from 30 March 2022.
Headquarters and contacts
- Stated headquarters: Hong Kong (official blog, 2024, and CoinMarketCap). The company that ran the platform does not appear in the website's legal documents (2023).
- No active official website (Verified: October 2026).
Alternatives
For anyone looking for a similar service that is operating and authorised in the EU:
- Kraken — MiCA-authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (June 2025)
- Bybit — MiCA-authorised by the Austrian authority FMA (May 2025)
- OKX — MiCA-authorised by the Maltese authority MFSA (January 2025)
FAQ
Is ZBG still active? No: the website has been unreachable since 2024 and today the zbg.com domain does not point to any server (Verified: October 2026).
Was ZBG part of ZB.com? Yes: according to its own website it was a wholly owned subsidiary of ZB Group, the group behind ZB.com, which had launched it in July 2018.
Can I recover funds left on ZBG? There is no record of any refund procedure or of active official channels (Verified: October 2026). Anyone promising recoveries on ZBG's behalf in exchange for a payment should be treated with suspicion.
Verified sources
- http://web.archive.org/web/20231003142711/https://www.zbg.com/about
- http://web.archive.org/web/20231211224059/https://www.zbg.com/
- http://web.archive.org/web/20240323125424/https://zbg.com/
- http://web.archive.org/web/20220630022318/https://www.zb.com/en/about
- http://web.archive.org/web/20241104231050/https://zbgofficial.medium.com/?source=user_prof
- https://www.consob.it/web/area-pubblica/oscuramenti
- https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/zbg
- https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/zbg-token/
