I am going to post my generic response to this issue
"If you put more than $100 at anyone time into any of these small time exchanges with hidden Whois your an idiot"
I do agree that ECA team should not promote any exchange unless its binance or coinbase or some other top 4 exchange, when they going to learn i don't know
Most coins start out on these types of exchanges. I made several small test buys before making larger purchases and always withdrew instantly without a problem. I (and others) got screwed because an exchange that Electra promoted (and still does in the announcement post here) stopped allowing ECA withdrawals and even tho apparently the ECA team was well aware of it, they did not warn the community. Coinhouse apparently informed them weeks ago and nothing was said to the public.
I have always considered any exchange a risk since I first started in crypto. It's the number one rule: You don't control your coins/tokens unless you have them in your own wallet. I've never assumed Electra was Endorsing any individual exchange, but just notifying people where ECA is currently available for trading. When I found ECA last year and went to Coinsmarkets I was super suspect as it was a gong show exchange, so when I made my large purchases I sent them to my wallet right away. I accepted the risk when i left a little on there. (And got those coins back when ECA stepped up the pressure on CM) I did a lot of reading about the other exchanges available such as Coinhouse and read mostly horrible reviews from other coin projects. It didn't take much research to find all the horrid experiences people had at Coinhouse. Major red flags and low volume.
I waited and instead did some trading for a lot more when Cryptopia came online, but still sent any ECA straight back to my wallet to add to my staking. Sorry you are getting burned, but if you leave $ on an exchange, you're accepting the potential loss. Learn from it, don't blame others. Like I said before, it's the Number One Crypto Rule.