Bytnex securities fraud warning from Germany
Bytnex has received a securities fraud warning from Germany’s BaFin.
As per BaFin’s March 12th Bytnex fraud warning;
BaFin warns against offers on the following websites: cryptex-vip.com, cryptex.to, cryptex.team, and secure-bytnex.io.
These websites, operated by unknown individuals without authorization, offer cryptocurrency services.
Specifically, they offer DeFi staking. Staking involves depositing cryptocurrency in exchange for receiving additional cryptocurrency.
Anyone offering banking, financial, securities, or cryptocurrency services in Germany requires authorization from BaFin (the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority).
Bytnex is an October 2025 reboot of Cryptex. Cryptex was a daily returns MLM crypto Ponzi that primarily targeted Germany.
Cryptex’s promotion across Germany prompted two prior Cryptex fraud warnings from BaFin (July 2025 and August 2025). Austria and Australia also issued Cryptex fraud warnings prior to the Bytnex reboot.
Since launch, Bytnex’s original domain “bytnex.io” has been abandoned. Bytnex was operating from “secure.bytnex.io”, but that domain now redirects to the abandoned “bytnex.io” domain.
Update 17th March 2026 – The “secure-bytnex.io” was redirecting to “bytnex.io” when I was researching this article. The root domain is now disabled.
Melanie from Germany in the comments below has advised that promoters are directed to “secure-bytnex.io/login.php”.
@Oz, please correct the typo and the correct link to log in is secure-bytnex.io/login.php.
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The number of visitors to secure-bytnex.io is shockingly high.
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On March 4, 2026, another website for this scam was registered in Czechoslovakia: secure-bytnex.net
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The new secure-bytnex.net website looks exactly the same as the secure-bytnex.io website.
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secure-bytnex.net/login.php
The new secure-bytnex.net website has not yet been mentioned in the warning issued by Germany’s BaFin.
Note: You cannot create a new account on secure-bytnex.net. This is only possible on secure-bytnex.io.
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secure-bytnex.io/MyRegister.php
Thanks for catching that. I did have the correct spelling in my test when I wrote the article. Today I see the root domain itself is not resolving.
Big doubt on 1 million Bytnex visitors during Feb 2026 but I guess it’s possible.