I think you didn't research very well because if you really did then you will not send that huge amount of money to that unknown exchange. I knew Cryptix but never heard of cryptex. Maybe belive the shill account on this forum that promoting that exchange. Can you give the link of there ANN thread that you saw so that we can report them to the forum admin and start making them a red flag.
You are right, it is clear the OP did not research the exchange. Any research by the OP might not have shown evidence of scamming or selective scamming but surely an exchange with a reputation such as Binance would have been a better option than one hardly known to anybody.
Before any flags can be created we have to allow time for them to respond to the allegations then take things forward.
Can you provide timestamps [preferably an image, not a copy-pasted text] for each of those events?
You ask a valid question as it will be needed to present as solid evidence of communication between the two parties.
I already am fairly sure of where this is situation is heading because $210,000 is no small amount of money and once an owner has been blocked from accessing their own funds it usually means they will not see them again when it comes to exchanges that have the DNA of cryptex.net (I will elaborate further soon but will wait to see if they reply to the accusation made here).
My first time hearing about such an exchange. Why do you even trust such non reputable exchanges which such a large amount in the first place yet we have the likes of binance, kucoin etc?
It's not my money but i already feel so sad for you.
If they are scammers, that's a very decent amount for them to make an exit scam. I am giving them about 24 to 48 hours to respond, or I am going to tag them
I also never heard of this exchange before, it was the first time after I read this thread. Like you I cannot understand why anybody would trust these types of exchanges with large amounts of crypto when there are trustworthy alternatives out there.
Let us see what they do next. Will they reply or not.