The Thailand Securities and Change Fee (SEC) has despatched a letter to Cryptocurrency change Zipmex, asking for clarifications in regards to the halt of all buyer withdrawals, in accordance with a July 21 press launch.
Thailand’s SEC requested Zipmex to offer particulars in regards to the quantity of buyer property beneath its custody and the way the shopper funds deposited within the ZipUp wallets have been used. ZipUp is a financial savings program supplied by Zipmex that promised returns of as much as 10% per yr.
The regulator additionally requested for particulars concerning Zipmex’s publicity to Celsius Community and Babel Finance.
Celsius declared Chapter 11 chapter on July 14, a month after it halted withdrawals and transfers. Babel Finance halted withdrawals on June 17 and later introduced that it had reached an settlement with counterparties on the reimbursement interval of its money owed, which helped ease its liquidity crunch.
In Thailand, the SEC is the crypto market watchdog that provides licenses to exchanges and approves token listings. Earlier this yr, the regulator banned using digital property for funds towards items or companies.
To renew or to not resume withdrawals
In the meantime, Zipmex tweeted that it’s resuming withdrawals and deposits for Commerce Wallets from 6 pm Thailand time on July 21. Nonetheless, buying and selling will stay closed in the intervening time.
📢Necessary Announcement 📢
We’re extending our upkeep interval and can re-enable withdrawals and deposits in your Commerce Pockets on 21 July 2022 at 18:00 (GMT+7). Buying and selling will stay disabled till additional discover. pic.twitter.com/2qCDzcyjdY
— ZIPMEX (@zipmex) July 21, 2022
Curiously, there was an official assertion posted by Zipmex on Twitter, together with the announcement, that was nearly instantly deleted. The assertion, which was shared by one other Twitter consumer, famous that Zipmex’s publicity to Celsius Community and Babel Finance stood at $5 million and $48 million respectively, as of July 21.
The deleted assertion from Zipmex additional mentioned that the agency was exploring all choices to ease its present state of affairs, together with fundraising, authorized motion, and restructuring.
After the scheduled time when withdrawals for Commerce Wallets have been speculated to resume, Zipmex tweeted that the resumption will happen on July 22 as a substitute, with no promised time as of press time.
📢Necessary Announcement 📢
To stop any technical points, we’re extending our upkeep interval for Commerce Pockets till 22 July 2022 (GMT+7).We’re working laborious to convey again the Commerce Pockets operate as quickly as we will. Withdrawals will likely be enabled as soon as we’re again. pic.twitter.com/o0d0h4PuNj
— ZIPMEX (@zipmex) July 21, 2022