Yes it has been picked up by mainstream media now. Reported as an exit scam. Social media accounts have been deleted.

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/06/28/cnbc-shilled-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitsane-pulls-exit-scam-on-246k-users/

https://www.ccn.com/crypto/irish-crypto-exchange-bitsane-exit-scams-246000-users/2019/06/28/

https://www.coindesk.com/irish-crypto-exchange-bitsane-may-have-disappeared-with-users-funds


According to this Azbit article:

https://medium.com/azbit-news/official-statement-azbit-has-nothing-to-do-with-bitsane-df62a660b489
http://archive.fo/edX3V

Azbit according to their own admission KNEW about the scam but failed to warn anyone about it.







AZBIT CEO is the same CEO from the bitsane.com exit scam.



Photo from the AZBIT team.






Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2019/06/27/crypto-exchange-and-xrp-refuge-bitsane-vanishes-scamming-as-many-as-246000-users/#47acbf3477fa

The UK registered company that "owns the IP rights" for Bitsane exchange.





The Irish registered company that operates the Bitsane Exchange.







https://medium.com/azbit-news/official-statement-azbit-has-nothing-to-do-with-bitsane-df62a660b489

AZBIT has previously used a STOLEN ACCOUNT  that they bought to promote their ANN thread: nixon99 (Stolen account accusation thread)
 

Their ANN thread using the stolen account: that they had bought: ✅ ✅ [ANN][PRE-ICO] 🚀 AZBIT - Cryptocurrency financial ecosystem from 🅰️ to Z


I've asked AZBIT to comment on the accusations.


Azbit team as per https://icobench.com/ico/azbit