Huobi Korea se separa de la empresa matriz. Detalles

• Leon Li, cofundador de Huobi Global, posee más de la mitad de las acciones de Huobi Korea.
• Huobi Global anunció recientemente planes para comenzar un despido 20% en un intento por reducir los costos.
• La firma de investigación Nansen reveló que Justin Sun transfirió recientemente $100 millones en monedas estables del intercambio de criptomonedas Binance a Huobi.

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Huobi Korea, el brazo coreano del intercambio de cifrado, Huobi Global, está haciendo planes para funcionar independientemente de su empresa matriz y está listo para un cambio de nombre. Local fuentes reveló que el intercambio con sede en Corea planea comprar sus acciones de Huobi Global.

Leon Li, the co-founder of Huobi Global, reportedly owns 72% of the shares in Huobi Korea, but buying the shares will see Huobi Korea chairman Cho Kook-bong take over Li’s share and seal the breakaway. As of January 2021, Huobi Korea was the second-largest crypto exchange in Korea.

La noticia de una división llega días después de que se informara que Huobi Global estaba buscando el despido de some employees to cut costs amid alleged financial concerns. Huobi’s financial woes have been an open secret since last year. Despite numerous denials, things became clearer in October after Li sold his shares in Huobi Global to major investor, Justin Sun. The exchange was also dropped as a partner in the city of Busan blockchain project alongside other companies.

Blockchain research firm Nansen revealed that Sun transferred $100 million worth of stablecoins from the crypto exchange Binance to Huobi shortly after the news of the 20% layoffs emerged. Sun’s cash injection came after Huobi saw a massive outflow of over $60 million within 24 hours.

Experts believe Sun’s injection could be a move to match the growing withdrawals and retain confidence in the exchange. Liquidity has become a huge topic in the crypto community since the fall of the FTX exchange in early November.

El intercambio, que con Binance tenía una gran parte del mercado, se declaró en bancarrota el 11 de noviembre después de enfrentar problemas de liquidez. Un tweet del CEO de Binance, Changpeng Zhao, provocó una ola de retiros masivos y FTX no pudo igualar el aumento de la demanda.

Things have progressed since then: FTX has lost its grip on the market, while its executives found themselves on the wrong side of the law. While Bankman-Fried’s associates, Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang, pleaded guilty to wrongdoing, the FTX founder surprisingly chose to plead “not guilty.” A court date is slated for later this year.

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