May 15, 2018Chelsea Roh
Update:The Korean News Source, Money Today, just announced that the Korean cryptocurrency exchange UpBit, was found not guilty of fraud.The article reads:“Since early 2018, UPbit created snapshots of its multi-signature wallets and funds stored within them for auditing purposes. Yoojin accounting firm, a major accounting firm based in Seoul, confirmed that all of the funds on the UPbit platform match the cryptocurrency holdings of UPbit stored in its multi-signature wallets,”News has been buzzing around Twitter as the news begins to drip out.
Korea/Upbit: No irregularities found by authorities. More information has been requested.
— Ran NeuNer (@cryptomanran) May 14, 2018
This is great news, as UpBit is one of the top5 cryptocurrency exchanges most used throughout the world. Major FUD and panic selling occurredwhen the news first broke, but it seems the market has since recovered.Originally Posted: May 11, 2018 @ 8:35South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, UpBit, was raided by ten investigators and local police for alleged fraud this morning. Chosun, a local news source, was the first to reporton the incident. Upbit is currently the fourth largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by 24-hour trade volume.The company has responded saying that all customers' assets kept on their platform are safe, and all trades and withdrawalsare running normally. UpBit has released the following statement on its website:"Upbit is currently under investigation by the prosecution, and we are working diligently. Upbit services such as all transactions and withdrawals are operating normally."UpBit is under investigation for transferringcustomer funds from their accounts to an 'executive' account. According to Chosun, the investigators seized hard drives and accounting records between the dates of May 10th and May 11th.Upbit allegedly "pretends to hold [virtual currencies] without holding virtual currencies," the news outlet noted.Cryptocurrency Sell OffThe total cryptocurrency market has dipped below the $400 billion mark and is dropping rapidly.
Source: CoinMarketCap
At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $8,571.92, a coin and Ethereum is trading at $676.85. Most of the coins in the top 100 are seeing double-digit percentage losses, a lot of the top ten are nearing the 20% loss mark.There are varied opinions across Twitter from crypto enthusiasts as to what occurred and what investors responses should have been.A user with the twitter handle @HardolNakamoto said:
Koreans are the insider trading kings. Take out leveraged short positions, release FUD articles at the perfect moment, dump the entire market, buy back, rinse and repeat. Even their former President was jailed for corruption!!!
— Harold Nakamoto (@HaroldNakamoto) May 11, 2018
Another Twitter user was upset with news sources and said:
This is FUD, “police think” “investigation” this type of language is FUD until there is concrete proof then it’s all smoke and mirrors. Not saying it’s true or not but investigations are normal and happen in many walks of business
— Black (@bempz1990) May 11, 2018
It's obvious that the news frightened some cryptocurrency investors, probably those that use the UpBit platform. Eventually, the dip will come to a halt.I've said it once, and I'll say it again, the cryptocurrency market isn't for the weak. While fraud is something to be concerned about, the lesson to be learned is to ALWAYS store your digital assets in a cold wallet and offof the exchanges, just in case. HODL folks, HODL!Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? Leave them below!>> In other news, BitFunder owner arrested!Featured Image: Xtreme
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