Bitzlato will restore the company and the payments from Russia, co -founder swears - exchanges
Bitzlato will restore the company and the payments from Russia, co -founder swears - exchanges
the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange associated with Russia, which was confiscated by Western law enforcement authorities, plans to restart and allow partial withdrawals, a co -founder announced. Members of the team of trading platform also intend to shift business to the Russian Federation.
co -founder says that Exchange will offer access to user money
The crypto exchange Bitzlato takes steps to restore the company and immediately give customers the opportunity to lift Bitcoin, said one of her founders, Anton Shkuring, in a target = "_ blank" href = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvgzli7che0" Rel = "noopener"> Interview with Satoshkin Live, a YouTube channel that is devoted to crypto investments and trading and is quoted by the great Russian-speaking crypto news agencies forlog and bitsmedia.
In January, the platform broken broken. which is referred to by the US authorities as a “blow against cryptocircarian”. It allegedly processed illegal funds of $ 700 million from criminal organizations such as the Darknet market Hydra and the Russian crypto-ponzi scheme finiko .
his other co -founder, Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian citizen resident in China, was arrested in Miami, as was several other team members arrested in Europe. The service was interrupted with the participation of French authorities who took control of its servers and switched off its website.
Shkurenko said Satoshkin's host Dmitry Stepanin that French officials Bitzlatos Hot Wallet were able to confiscate, in which around 35 % of user money was stored in various cryptocurrencies at the time. He did not indicate the exact amount, but rejected reports in which it was claimed that the total amount exceeds $ 1 billion.
The executive also rejected allegations that the company had evaded taxes and assured that it always complied with the Know-Your Customer and anti-money laundering regulations under European law and at the same time worked with the law enforcement authorities to prevent illegal activities. He also expressed hope that the accusations will soon be dropped and the arrested people will be released.
Four Bitzlato employees were arrested with the participation of Europol, and Shkurenko unveiled their identity-the former executive director Mikhail Lunev, Marketing Manager Alexander Goncharenko, Pavel Lernner, a contractor who is working on the implementation of the Monolithos Dao, and a system administrator who was identified as a Constantine. The latter was released in Cyprus for the deposit.
cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato moves to Russia for
Bitzlato is currently checking his losses, said the co -founder and further announced that the company is planning to move to Russia and to renew its activities under Russian jurisdiction. At the moment Bitzlato is looking for an infrastructure entrepreneur, he said.
In terms of repayment of user money, Anton Shkuring the insured that customers can withdraw 50% of it bitcoin in the wallets from Bitzlato Day when the platform is restarted. Stock stocks are gradually released, he added without specifying a schedule.
The world's largest crypto exchange Binance, which is reported to one of the largest recipients of Bitzlato War processes $ 346 million of Geldern from the platform, some accounts of Bitzlato users in Eastern Europe and the community of independent states after the law enforcement operation. The leading stock exchange later said that it restored access to most of these accounts.
Do you believe that the Bitzlato crypto exchange will be able to grant users a refund if you restore the operation? Tell us in the comment area below.
Bedy verification : Shutterstock, Pixabay, WikiCommons