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JPEX blames partners for ‘maliciously’ freezing funds, causing liquidity crisis

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Dubai-based cryptocurrency alternate JPEX has slammed regulators and “third-party market makers” for a liquidity disaster that has seen the platform hike withdrawal charges and droop sure operations. 

In a Sept. 17 weblog submit, JPEX mentioned “unfair therapy” from sure establishments in Hong Kong, together with adverse information — prompted its third-party market makers to “maliciously” freeze funds.

“They demanded extra data from the platform for negotiation, limiting our liquidity and considerably growing our day by day working prices, resulting in operational difficulties.”

Blaming the liquidity disaster, JPEX introduced that every one operations affiliated with its Earn product can be “delisted” by Sept. 18. Customers will not have the ability to place any new Earn orders and present Earn orders will solely proceed till the product finish date, it mentioned.

Common spot buying and selling exercise seems to stay purposeful on the time of publication, nonetheless, JPEX customers are alleging that the platform is at the moment charging a 999 Tether (USDT) charge for withdrawals, on a most quantity of 1,000 USDT.

JPEX didn’t particularly tackle the excessive withdrawal charge however pledged to step by step regulate the withdrawal charges “again to regular ranges” after it finishes negotiations with the third-party market makers.

“We promise to get better liquidity from third-party market makers as quickly as attainable and step by step regulate the withdrawal charges again to regular ranges,” JPEX mentioned in an announcement, noting the small print will probably be introduced after negotiations conclude.

Along with shuttering its Earn product, JPEX introduced that it could be utilizing a decentralized autonomous group (DAO) to gather recommendations relating to its restructuring from customers.

Cointelegraph contacted JPEX however didn’t obtain a response by the point of publication.

Associated: Hong Kong central financial institution warns in opposition to crypto companies utilizing banking phrases

On Sept. 13, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Fee (FSC) issued a warning in opposition to JPEX for allegedly selling its companies to Hong Kong residents regardless of not having utilized for a license within the nation.

In an announcement, the SFC wrote that it had noticed a “variety of suspicious options” regarding the practices of JPEX, together with providing very excessive returns and different discrepancies in the way it had marketed itself to the Hong Kong public regardless of being unlicensed.

An attendee of the Token 2049 convention in Singapore claimed that the JPEX sales space on the occasion had been deserted the day after the FSC issued its warning.

Native police in Hong Kong have now acquired not less than 83 complaints regarding the alternate, in line with a Sept. 18 report from the South China Morning Put up.

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