Ethereum Developers Attempt to Dump Over 7 Mil ETCs into Exchanges

Ethereum Developers Attempt to Dump Over 7 Mil ETCs into Exchanges

The role of few Ethereum developers is speculated in the recent attempt to exchange over 7 million ETC's retrieved from the DAOs associated with the recent attack. Did the Ethereum Foundation secretly try to kill its sibling rival Ethereum Classic? The question may never be answered. But according to reports, few developers from the Ethereum Foundation may have been involved (in an individual capacity) in the recent attempt to dump close to 8 million ETC tokens into exchanges. The reports started emerging after the cryptocurrency exchanges Poloniex and Kraken received over $10 million....


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