{"id":35009,"date":"2022-11-13T16:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T16:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=35009"},"modified":"2022-11-13T16:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T16:02:40","slug":"wrapped-tokens-issued-by-ftx-or-alameda-slumps-no-longer-redeemable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=35009","title":{"rendered":"Wrapped Tokens Issued by FTX or Alameda Slumps, No Longer Redeemable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Following the filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy from FTX, the wrapped tokens issued by the crypto exchange or its sister trading shop Alameda Research have now undergone a price decline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.blockchain.news\/largerimage\/78588D39DA93D28C60E9C1E4BB8005672B66AA5D166B3B036082EF3577069548.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">According to data from <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:orange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/tag\/Coingecko\"><u><b><i><dfn data-info=\"CoinGecko is one of the largest and earliest crypto data aggregators, operating since early 2014. It currently tracks nearly 7051 tokens fro...\">Coingecko<\/dfn><\/i><\/b><\/u><\/a>, Wrapped bitcoin on Sollet is down by over 60% in the past 24 hours, falling from its native bitcoin&#8217;s current $16,811. In contrast, Wrapped ETH on Sollet is also down but by only about 8% to $1,209 over the same 24 hours time frame. Native ETH is trading at $1,261, at the time of writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Notably, for both wrapped tokens, soETH and soBTC, Coingecko is displaying a warning notice on its website that reads: &#8220;soBTC tokens are wrapped BTC tokens issued by FTX or Alameda. Both these entities have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the BTC tokens are no longer redeemable.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Wrapping tokens, such as the one for Bitcoin or Ethereum, on Solana make these assets available for usage on the Solana blockchain so users can hold or trade them instead of the actual Bitcoin or Ethereum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Founder of Roktiapp, an open source portfolio tracking app, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lefterisjp\/status\/1591390970137960448?s=46&amp;t=SZbiekFRzdDowAGJQOKKgg\">commented<\/a> on these wrapped assets saying since most Solana wrapped assets were custodied by the now collapsed crypto exchange FTX and Alameda research means the wrapped tokens are no longer redeemable and will probably go to 0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Reactions concerning the wrapped assets were just individuals trying to warn others that the wrapped tokens were not real tokens. A tweep with the Pseudonymous meow <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weremeow\/status\/1591473567778086917?s=46&amp;t=GxtCgSckBtEmK10_RWpYmA\">tweeted<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u201cThe worst case scenarios for soBTC came true &#8211; nothing is backing it, rogue devs have access to FTX accounts &amp; no one takes any responsibility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#013;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3a1f908d-7fff-6648-d755-8995db5fc0e8\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">So far, news concerning the collapse of FTX keeps getting worse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3a1f908d-7fff-6648-d755-8995db5fc0e8\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Yesterday, Blockchain.News reported FTX is soon to have its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.news\/news\/ftx-to-have-its-european-operating-license-suspended\">European License suspended<\/a> by Cyprus regulators. Meanwhile, on Nov 9, CySEC requested FTX Europe to \u201csuspend its operations and to proceed immediately with a number of actions for the protection of the investors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Image source: Shutterstock<\/i><\/span>\n                                        <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiX2h0dHBzOi8vYmxvY2tjaGFpbi5uZXdzL25ld3Mvd3JhcHBlZC10b2tlbnMtaXNzdWVkLWJ5LWZ0eC1vci1hbGFtZWRhLXNsdW1wc25vLWxvbmdlci1yZWRlZW1hYmxl0gEA?oc=5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy from FTX, the wrapped tokens issued by the crypto exchange or its sister trading shop Alameda Research have now undergone a price decline. According to data from Coingecko, Wrapped bitcoin on Sollet is down by over 60% in the past 24 hours, falling from its native bitcoin&#8217;s current $16,811. 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