Binance proíbe exchange indiana WazirX de usar seus serviços
- Binance e WazirX estão em uma disputa de propriedade desde 2022.
- WazirX demitiu 40% de sua força de trabalho devido a condições macroeconômicas.
A crise entre a exchange cripto Binance e a Zanmai Labs, a empresa que opera a exchange indiana WazirX, atingiu um novo nível na sexta-feira, depois que a Binance anunciou que proibiu a empresa de usar seus Serviços.
De acordo com um blog publicar compartilhado na sexta-feira, a Binance solicitou que o Zanmai Labs negociasse os termos para retirar quaisquer fundos restantes armazenados nas carteiras da Binance. A solução aparentemente acaba com as preocupações sobre o que aconteceria com os fundos dos usuários se ambas as plataformas encerrassem sua parceria, mas parece ter intensificado ainda mais o conflito.
Binance escreveu na peça,
Como exceção, convidamos Zanmai para fazer acordos conosco para retirar quaisquer ativos remanescentes nas contas relevantes após [fevereiro 3]. No entanto, a responsabilidade, em última análise, recai sobre a equipe Zanmai para fazer as retiradas 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.
Cobri algumas histórias interessantes em minha carreira como jornalista e acho as histórias relacionadas ao blockchain muito intrigantes. Acredito que a Web3 vai mudar o mundo e quero que todos façam parte dele.
