Forensic review · October 2026

Catalyx Review — Is Catalyx a Scam?

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The site is gone. That does not mean your money is. Catalyx (catalyx.io) has followed the classic pattern: take deposits, stall withdrawals, vanish. Here's what the shutdown means — and what you can still do.

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StatusSite offline
Your moneyThe trail is still there
What to doSend the date and how you paid
The short answer

The short answer: Catalyx collapsed after a December 2023 breach — and its domain now sells lottery spam

Catalyx was a real Calgary crypto exchange — operating 2019 to January 2024 — until a December 2023 security incident escalated into a court-appointed receivership, with more than C$14M alleged misappropriated by its own CFO.

Deloitte took over as receiver in January 2024. On 30 July 2026 the Alberta Securities Commission permanently banned Catalyx and its CEO from the market, with the CEO paying $90,000 and a six-year ban. If you held funds, the route is the receivership claims process — and the evidence you preserve now decides how that claim goes.

Current status

What we observe at catalyx.io today

As of October 2026, catalyx.io is serving unrelated Indonesian-language gambling spam — the original business has left no trace. There is no functioning platform, no support channel, and no one answering withdrawal requests under this name.

A legitimate operator in trouble publishes notices, appoints administrators and talks to its clients. A fraud operation simply goes dark. This is the dark pattern — and if the name comes back later as a “successor platform” contacting former users, treat it as the next phase of the same scheme, not a rescue. Put your energy into the trace instead: the money trail is the one asset that does not vanish with the website.

The domain is not the company: catalyx.io now serves unrelated Indonesian-language lottery spam. Any “Catalyx relaunch” or “recovery agent” arriving through that site or by message is phase two of the loss, not a rescue. Formal claims run through the Deloitte receivership engagement; in Canada, report to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and your provincial securities regulator.

If you deposited

The site is gone. Your payment record is not.

  • The date, and whether you paid by card, bank transfer, or crypto.
  • The name or handle of the person who told you to pay.
  • A screenshot of the dashboard, the chat, or the receipt.

Forensics Source Group is not affiliated to this broker. One of those is enough. Where the same payment shows up from other people, those files can sit together as a class action.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Catalyx a scam?

Taking deposits and then vanishing — leaving serving unrelated Indonesian-language gambling spam — the original business has left no trace — is the exit-scam pattern in full. Whether or not a regulator has formally listed it, the situation that matters is yours: the operator is gone, and the money trail is the only asset left.

What happened to the Catalyx website?

Fraud platforms shut down when new deposits stop covering withdrawal demands — or when enforcement attention gets close. The domain gets parked, sold or left to rot. A vanished site is itself evidence.

The Catalyx site is gone. What can I still send?

The date, how you paid, the name of the person who told you to pay, or a screenshot you still have. The site going dark does not delete your payment record. The first look is free.

What do you do with what I send?

We add it to the investigation of Catalyx: the payment, the person who asked for it, and the public record already on this page. Where the same payment shows up from other people, those files can sit together as a class action. The first look is free.

How do I add my Catalyx payment to this review?

Use the form on this page, email info@forensicsourcegroup.com, or leave your number and we call you. One record is enough.

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