Il CEO di Paxful conferma che 88% degli account sono stati sbloccati

• Il CEO di Paxful Ray Youssef ha rivelato che 88% di fondi congelati sul mercato P2P sono stati sbloccati, con oltre 3% di fondi rimasti congelati.
• 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 lascerà la carica di CEO del marketplace P2P di Paxful Bitcoin il 18 aprile e continuerà con un nuovo progetto.

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L'inverno delle criptovalute in corso ha influenzato le operazioni di molte società di criptovalute a causa di un'enorme diminuzione della loro base di utenti, seguita da un calo del volume degli scambi sulle loro piattaforme. Inoltre, anche l'incerto panorama normativo che circonda le criptovalute ha avuto un ruolo nel costringere molte aziende a chiudere le loro operazioni. È interessante notare che anche il mercato di criptovalute peer-to-peer Paxful è stato colpito dall'inverno e il suo CEO ha annunciato che 88% degli account precedentemente bloccati sono stati sbloccati con successo. 

In un Discussione su Twitter, il CEO di Paxful Ray Youssef ha confermato che il mercato peer-to-peer aveva circa $4.4 milioni di fondi congelati rimanenti sulla piattaforma, mentre il resto dei fondi è stato sbloccato dallo staff più di una settimana dopo la sospensione delle operazioni. 

“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 aprile 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 rendere difficile per la maggior parte degli investitori in criptovalute scambiare risorse digitali nel paese, poiché la Banca centrale della Nigeria ha vietato il trading e le transazioni di criptovalute nel 2021 per frenare l'uso di criptovalute per crimini come riciclaggio di denaro, acquisto di armi e finanziamento del terrorismo.

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