How This Company Lost 99% Of Its Clients Funds Shorting LUNA

How This Company Lost 99% Of Its Clients Funds Shorting LUNA

Per a report from Sedaily, the trading arm of Korean startup Uprise has lost of all its clients’ funds. The platform was used by wealthy individuals and institutions to trade crypto futures contracts via an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Related Reading | Altcoins Take The Lead As Bitcoin Struggles To Hold Above $20,000 According to the report, Uprise advertised its AI trading tool as high operational stability and a high-risk management alternative. In addition to losing its clients’ funds, the company was reported to record a loss of around $30 million from its own....


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The investment startup made a short bet on LUNC in May using client funds. The trade blew up and wiped out 99% of its assets. South Korean crypto investment company Uprise plans to compensate investors for damages incurred during its futures bet on Luna Classic (LUNC) — a token that was built on the ruins of the failed Terra ecosystem. Uprise is making arrangements to compensate 40% of the loss incurred by customers tied to its disastrous short bet on the token, according to the Korean newspaper Soul Economic Daily. The short position was placed in May using client funds that were....