Freeway's withdrawal halt blamed on 'failed' trading strategy
The crypto yield platform said one of its trading strategies "appears to have failed" forcing the firm halt services earlier this week. Crypto staking platform Freeway pointed at the failure of one of its trading strategies, along with market conditions as the leading reason for halting user withdrawals earlier this week.The crypto yield platform on Oct. 23 announced it was halting various transactions relating to its high-yield “Supercharger” product, citing “unprecedented volatility” at the time, without giving any more details at the time, which saw its token price plummet.In a 22-part....
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Four days ago, the crypto rewards platform Freeway.io, formally called Aubit, halted withdrawals on October 23 after citing it was protecting the firm’s portfolio from “market fluctuations and volatility.” Two days later, the team updated the community and explained on Tuesday that “one of Freeway’s trading strategies appears to have failed and caused a substantial loss.” Crypto Rewards Company Freeway Updates Crypto Community After Halting Supercharger Buy-Backs The crypto rewards company Freeway.io was a platform that claimed to offer up to 40% annual percentage yield (APY) on....
Cryptocurrency platform Freeway has halted transactions and services related to their “Supercharger” high-yield product until further notice. Crypto platform Freeway has halted some of its services, citing "unprecedented volatility" in the foreign exchange and cryptocurrency markets in “recent times.”In an Oct. 23 post, the platform announced they are halting buys, deposits and will "not be buying Supercharger simulations until our new strategies are implemented." According to the Freeway website, their "Superchargers" product can offer up to 43% annual yield rewards. Users can deposit....
A crypto rewards platform called Freeway.io has notified users that it decided to reallocate capital in order to “manage exposure to future market fluctuations and volatility.” In doing so, users are unable to withdraw funds from the platform, and the Freeway team explained that amid the reallocation process, the team could not comment further. Crypto Rewards Platform Freeway.io Pauses Withdrawals, Project Accused of Being a Ponzi Scheme The crypto community is dealing with another rewards platform that has decided to halt withdrawals amid a decision to reallocate funds. On October 23, the....
Following the lead of two of the market's more prominent exchanges, at least six other China-based bitcoin exchanges have announced updates to withdrawal policies as part of a bid to tighten AML oversight. Announced today, BitBays, BTC100, BTCTrade, CHBTC, HaoBTC and Yunbi have all enacted changes to their withdrawal capabilities, a move that comes days after the exchanges were called to meet with the Beijing office of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank. Notably, the policies issued differ from the more stringent halt of bitcoin and litecoin withdrawals imposed by....
It's been a tough week for bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. Not only has the exchange halted withdrawals, but it released a statement on Monday that had a good chunk of the bitcoin community reaching for their pitchforks. Mt. Gox blamed an issue in the bitcoin software as a reason for the withdrawal halt, and noted that withdrawals would resume once a proper fix was in place. Widespread outrage over Mt. Gox's claims were felt on social sharing website Reddit.com, along with Twitter and Facebook - accusing Gox CEO Mark Karpeles of "throwing bitcoin under the bus" in defense of his company. Others....