Le PDG de Paxful confirme que 88% de comptes ont été dégelés

• Le PDG de Paxful, Ray Youssef, a révélé que 88% des fonds gelés sur le marché P2P ont été débloqués, avec plus de 3% de fonds restant gelés.
• Youssef confirmed that the marketplace had around $4.4 million in frozen funds remaining on the platform, which are “in the hands of” US regulators.
• “I gave up my title as CEO to unfreeze these accounts and am also in danger of being in contempt of court,” wrote Youssef in a Twitter thread.
• Youssef quittera ses fonctions de PDG du marché Paxful Bitcoin P2P le 18 avril et poursuivra un nouveau projet.

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L'hiver cryptographique en cours a affecté les opérations de nombreuses sociétés de cryptographie en raison d'une énorme diminution de leur base d'utilisateurs, suivie d'une baisse du volume des transactions sur leurs plateformes. En outre, le paysage réglementaire incertain entourant les crypto-monnaies a également joué un rôle en forçant de nombreuses entreprises à fermer leurs opérations. Fait intéressant, le marché de la cryptographie peer-to-peer Paxful a également été affecté par l'hiver, et son PDG a annoncé que 88% des comptes précédemment gelés avaient été dégelés avec succès. 

Dans un Fil Twitter, le PDG de Paxful, Ray Youssef, a confirmé que le marché peer-to-peer avait environ $4,4 millions de fonds gelés restant sur la plateforme, tandis que le reste des fonds a été débloqué par le personnel plus d'une semaine après la suspension des opérations. 

“I gave up my title as CEO to unfreeze these accounts and am also in danger of being in contempt of court. That is what I did besides a lot of sleepless nights. Nothing more I can do but sleep well tonight. Integrity trumps risk,” Youssef said.

4.4m of frozen funds remain in Paxful, about 3.3% of total customer funds. We freed a total of 3m this year thru tremendous compliance effort. Those who would say that I am somehow destroying my reputation to steal 4m bucks are mad. I don’t have a price 4million or 4 trillion. pic.twitter.com/MU6GdUweZF

– Ray Youssef (@raycivkit) 16 avril 2023

It is crucial to note that the executive confirmed that the unfreezing of these accounts was implemented “with no engineers or compliance folks,” adding that all remaining frozen funds were “in the hands of” United States financial regulators. Youssef also added in the Twitter thread that around 3% of the users’ funds remain unfrozen on the platform. 

“If your account is still frozen then I am sorry but I have no power to unfreeze those funds and they are in the hands of the US regulators. I have no access and have never had access to customer funds. Avoid US companies and always self custody!” Youssef stated.

He stated that unfreezing the 88% of frozen funds was his “final act” as the CEO of Paxful, and after achieving this goal, Youssef will step down as the Chief Executive Officer of the peer-to-peer marketplace on April 18 and continue with a new project.

Youssef stated that crypto investors should not trust centralized exchanges and platforms with their money, nor the regulators in the US, but should always prefer self-custody of their funds. Furthermore, he apologized to those whose funds remain unfrozen due to compliance issues with regulators, adding, “I have done more than anyone else would even entertain, and I cannot do anymore by law.” 

It is crucial to note that the “contempt of court” mentioned by Youssef in one of the Twitter posts as mentioned above is likely related to ongoing litigation between Youssef and Paxful co-founder Artur Schaback, who helped in laying the foundations for the Bitcoin peer-to-peer marketplace in 2015. Schaback claimed in a US court that the marketplace was involved in the misappropriation of funds, money laundering, and evasion of US sanctions, while Youssef said that these claims were “ridiculous.”

As reported earlier by Bitnation, Nigerian crypto users believe Paxful’s demise will rendent difficile pour la plupart des investisseurs en cryptographie d'échanger des actifs numériques dans le pays, car la Banque centrale du Nigéria a interdit le commerce et les transactions de crypto en 2021 pour freiner l'utilisation des crypto-monnaies pour des crimes tels que le blanchiment d'argent, les achats d'armes et le financement du terrorisme.

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