Has anyone been able to verify their account recently without losing their money? I applied for verification a few days ago and only found out about these problems afterwards, and I'm really nervous now.
It's been a while since anyone has reported successful verification in the thread, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Usually if people aren't complaining, then their issues are being sorted out. Here's the last report I saw:
Got a response from support today, they added the BTC that I quoted as having gone missing to my account!
Hope this gives hope to all others who are waiting for missing BTC to reappear after verification.
I still don't have the BTCET that should have accompanied my BTC but will be asking for that too.
That said, I personally wouldn't verify with Wex. I don't trust them with my documents. There also isn't a real need, since you can trade crypto/fiat/debt tokens all without verification. Last I checked, the daily BTC withdrawal limit was 25 BTC without verification, which is more than enough for me.
is it possible to get the old trade history from btc-e? or is it wiped away forever?
It's gone. It was accessible when you logged into BTC-e.nz in September, but that site now redirects to Wex. Support will tell you they are different entities and they don't have the data.