Some customers appear to have exploited the exchange's database issues for person gain.
Listen to article A database issue has led to prolonged downtime for the Crypto?.com exchange.
According to a series of tweets published by platform's CEO, Kris Marszalek, the exact cause of these issues remains unknown.
Marszalek did confirm that some users had taken advantage of the situation by manipulating the ETH/USDT price prior to the outage.
These users locked in gains by selling other crypto "En masse", allowing them to conduct what the CEO referred to as "Illegitimate trades." After discovering the situation, the company placed its services into offline mode.
Attempts to withdraw these ill-gotten funds were luckily prevented by the website's risk management system, allowing the company to roll balances back to a previous state.
Crypto?.com published an update on September 21, explaining that its app was "Back online and is fully functional," and that "All funds are safe."
"The Crypto?.com App has been live since yesterday and the Exchange is about to go back online. No customer funds were at any risk at any time. We're growing rapidly and the systems are naturally under stress. In response, we have strengthened the infrastructure to provide more capacity to accommodate growing demand."
In recent news, the exchange released versions of its app and exchange that were localized for both a French and Spanish speaking audience.
Crypto?.com reverses 'illegitimate trades' amid prolonged downtime for the exchange
Publicado en Sep 22, 2020
by Cointele | Publicado en Coinage
Coinage
Noticias recientes
Ver todo
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin's Run, Uniswap's Hemorrhaging Value, Anchorage's Banking Bid
Bitcoin is nearing all-time highs in price and market cap last set three years ago.
Japan's megabanks to lead experiment with digital yen
We have, in order, Cheese Bank with a $3.3 million theft, Akropolis with its $2 million loss, Value DeFi with a whopping $6 million exploit and finally Origin Protocol's loss of $7 million.
Number of new Bitcoin addresses spikes amid growing FOMO
Japan's three largest banks, as part of a group of 30 private sector actors, are set to collaborate on an experiment with a digital yen.
Not just Wall Street: Quant trader explains why Bitcoin price is going up
Sam Trabucco, a quantitative trader at Alameda Research, believes four general factors are pushing up the price of Bitcoin.