
Binance vieta all'exchange indiano WazirX di utilizzare i suoi servizi
- Binance e WazirX hanno una disputa sulla proprietà dal 2022.
- WazirX ha licenziato 40% della sua forza lavoro a causa delle condizioni macroeconomiche.
La crisi tra l'exchange di criptovalute Binance e Zanmai Labs, la società che gestisce l'exchange indiano WazirX, ha raggiunto un nuovo livello venerdì dopo che Binance ha annunciato di aver vietato alla società di utilizzare il suo Servizi.
Secondo un blog inviare condiviso venerdì, Binance ha chiesto a Zanmai Labs di negoziare i termini per il prelievo di eventuali fondi rimanenti immagazzinati nei portafogli di Binance. La soluzione apparentemente pone fine alle preoccupazioni su cosa accadrebbe ai fondi degli utenti se entrambe le piattaforme interrompessero la loro partnership, ma sembra aver intensificato ulteriormente il loro conflitto.
Binance ha scritto nel pezzo,
In via eccezionale, abbiamo invitato Zanmai a trovare accordi con noi per ritirare eventuali attività rimanenti nei relativi conti dopo il [Feb. 3]. Tuttavia, la responsabilità in ultima analisi spetta al team Zanmai di effettuare i prelievi rapidamente.
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.