The Indian crypto currency exchange, Zebpay announced the shutdown of its exchange in a blog note (link) Zebpay will cancel all un-executed crypto orders, and plans to credit coins/tokens back to customer’s Zebpay wallet.
In the announcement, the startup said
Despite regulatory and banking problems along our journey, we continued to look for solutions as we did not want India to miss the bus of digital assets that power the public blockchain. However, the recent past has been extremely difficult. The curb on bank accounts has crippled our, and our customer’s, ability to transact business meaningfully.
At this point, we are unable to find a reasonable way to conduct the cryptocurrency exchange business. As a result, we are stopping our exchange activities. At 4 p.m. today (28 September 2018), we will cancel all unexecuted crypto-to-crypto orders and credit your coins / tokens back to your Zebpay wallet. No new orders will be accepted until further notice.
The company’s tweet was equally cryptic
We are stopping our exchange. At 4 PM today, we will cancel unexecuted orders & credit your coins to your Zebpay wallet. No new orders will be accepted. The Zebpay wallet will work even after the exchange stops.
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— zebpay (@zebpay) September 28, 2018
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had released a statement in April directing all regulated entities, including banks, e-wallets, and payment gateway providers, to stop dealing with individuals and businesses in the partially banned crypto-currencies. Following this, Zebpay had asked its users to withdraw money before the deadline following RBI mandate.