FTX customer seeks help after mistaken deposit allegedly results in $1M in fees
DeFi blog Rekt claims that FTX failed to adhere to its own terms and conditions by imposing the fee. A crypto hodler is outraged after allegedly copping a $954,135 fee from centralized exchange FTX. The trader claims the fee was charged over a mistaken deposit they believe was the exchange’s fault.On Oct. 6, the Rekt Blog published screenshots of correspondence that suggest the problems began when the customer deposited around $6.3 million in USDP, the stablecoin token for DeFi borrowing platform Unit Protocol, in late September.Unfortunately, the Paxos stablecoin has also rebranded to....
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