Crypto Exchange Catastrophe: Poloniex Spin Out Leaves Investments Spinning At Circle

This past October, the Boston-based, Goldman Sachs-backed financial services company Circle, announced that it would “spin out” crypto exchange Poloniex into its own company, selling it to an investment group with backing from Tron founder Justin Sun. Since the spin-out, the two brands have seemingly spun out of control, with Poloniex causing a stir surrounding the brand’s integrity, and Circle threatening to either turn investor’s assets over to the government, or charge fees for leaving assets on the platform.

Poloniex gave ample warning to US-based crypto investors to remove their funds from the platform, but it seems as though not all investors took the warning seriously, as Circle has announced that it will soon take aggressive action with any funds left on the platform. As of December 16, if US-based crypto investors don’t withdraw their assets, they will lose access to their Poloniex account, the remaining assets will be traded into USDC for storage, and Circle may charge a “monthly service fee and/or one-time dormancy fee.”.

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