Filecoin Offering: Community Alleges Token Dumping, Tron’s Justin Sun Wants t...
The recent Filecoin (FIL) token offering is creating controversy as some crypto community members are alleging that an unknown account has received 1.5 million tokens when only 500,000 were due for unlocking. According to reports, 800,000 tokens out of the 1.5 million of such tokens have been transferred to Huobi and other exchanges. Filecoin Denial According to a Chinese language website, 8btc.com, an unidentified Filecoin representative insisted the decision was made to help stabilize the price in the period after listing. The representative reportedly said: It is to establish an....
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Juan Benet, a founder at Filecoin, is attacking Justin Sun for spreading completely false accusations about the movement of the FIL tokens soon after listing. In his long Twitter rebuff, Benet accuses Sun of spreading lies with the intention of harming the Filecoin project financially. Calling the accusations ridiculous, Benet says no one from the Filecoin team sold the FIL token on the day of listing. Soon after the FIL token went live on many exchanges, Sun unexpectedly tweeted alleging that Benet and others at Filecoin had exit scammed. This follows reports the Filecoin team had dumped....
Wallets associated with Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research could be behind the dollar depeg, alleges Tron’s founder. In April 2022, the Tron network launched USDD, a token pegged to the United States dollar as an “over-collateralized stablecoin,” meaning its likelihood of slipping below $1 should be lower due to excessive reserves backing its valuation.USDD stablecoin slips below $1 pegBut it was not enough to keep USDD’s price anchored to $1 on Nov. 8 when some whales dumped over 11 million USDD tokens to seek exposure in rival stablecoins Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). A day later,....
In an exciting development, Justin Sun, founder of Tron Network, has announced plans are underway to introduce gas-free stablecoin transfers. This has drawn much reaction with many applauding Tron’s latest proposed feature, while other users criticize the late implementation of this upgrade. Related Reading: Crypto Mogul Justin Sun Offers To Buy Germany’s $2 Billion Bitcoin […]
According to reports, Eric Trump insists he has no formal connection to Tron’s Nasdaq listing plan, even though he is named as an advisor to the firm handling the deal. Related Reading: War Worries, Bitcoin Gains: Strategy Adds $1 Billion To Treasury His statement came after growing chatter about the overlap between politics and crypto. […]
Hot on the heels of a recent winning auction bid for Beeple’s “Ocean Front” NFT, Justin Sun is making another splash in the NFT market following his decision to seed an investment fund that collects high-profile works of art. Fund Just One Leg of Sun’s Ambitions in The NFT Ecosystem Ongoing efforts to digitize art and collectibles have put the spotlight on the blockchain industry once more as dizzying NFT auction results draw high-profile artists and entertainers along with industry insiders competing for market share in the ever-expanding space. In keeping with his....