
Binance prohíbe al intercambio indio WazirX usar sus servicios
- Binance y WazirX han estado en una disputa de propiedad desde 2022.
- WazirX despidió a 40% de su fuerza laboral debido a condiciones macroeconómicas.
La crisis entre el criptointercambio Binance y Zanmai Labs, la empresa que opera el intercambio indio, WazirX, alcanzó un nuevo nivel el viernes después de que Binance anunciara que había prohibido a la empresa utilizar su servicios.
Según un blog correo compartido el viernes, Binance solicitó que Zanmai Labs negocie los términos para retirar los fondos restantes almacenados en las billeteras de Binance. Aparentemente, la solución pone fin a las preocupaciones sobre lo que sucedería con los fondos de los usuarios si ambas plataformas terminaran su asociación, pero parece haber intensificado aún más su conflicto.
Binance escribió en el artículo,
Como excepción, hemos invitado a Zanmai a llegar a un acuerdo con nosotros para retirar los activos restantes en las cuentas correspondientes después del [feb. 3]. Sin embargo, la responsabilidad en última instancia recae en el equipo de Zanmai para realizar los retiros de manera expedita.
WazirX later announced on Friday that it had started the process of moving assets to multi-sig wallets and anticipated finishing it “within the next few hours.” The news comes weeks after WazirX disclosed that 90% of its users’ assets are held in Binance wallets and the remaining 10% are held in cold storage wallets, less than a month after that disclosure.
WazirX is India’s biggest exchange. But the company faced difficulties in 2022 after local authorities claimed it had helped launder about $130 million. Authorities froze funds on WazirX, and Binance distanced itself from the embattled exchange, triggering their feud.
Binance CEO ChangPeng Zhao wrote at the time that “Binance does not own any shares in Zanmai Labs, the entity operating WazirX and established by the original founders.”
Zhao’s subsequent posts incited panic among WazirX users, as he claimed that Binance had the right to shut down WazirX and urged users to transfer their assets to his exchange instead. Zhao tweeted at the time,
Binance provides wallet services for WazirX. WazirX domain is transferred to our control. We were given a shared access to an AWS account. We could shut down WazirX. But we can’t, because it hurts users. If you have funds on WazirX, you should transfer it to Binance. Simple as that.
Nischal Shetty, the co-founder of WazirX, later rubbished Zhao’s claims and revealed that plans were in place to sort out ownership concerns.
WazirX had to lay off 40% of its workforce in the following months due to macroeconomic concerns, India’s high taxation, the crypto contagion made worse by the FTX crash, and other factors.