Zipmex exchange halts user withdrawals citing circumstances beyond our control
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Zipmex exchange halts user withdrawals citing 'circumstances beyond our control'
Withdrawals 'expected to resume' With offices in Australia, Indonesia and Thailand, Zipmex describes itself as Asia's leading cryptocurrency exchange, offering users a long list of crypto products and services. The exchange tweeted, it has extended the maintenance period of the Trade Wallet till July 22.
Withdrawals are expected to resume afterwards
Zipmex founder Marcus Lim denied rumors of the firm experiencing financial turmoil as a result of the crypto market crash and after Coinbase withdrew from its acquisition plan on June 9. He later wrote a letter to the customers to apprise them of the situation. Although Coinbase did not acquire the exchange, it did pour in an undisclosed amount of strategic funding after the acquisition deal failed.
In August last year, Zipmex separately raised over US$40 million. Crypto Contagion Spreads Zipmex is the latest of the numerous crypto-focused companies that have had to suspend withdrawals and other services amid current crypto market turmoil, causing contagion across the industry. Two weeks ago, Crypto News Australia reported that Singaporean crypto lender Vauld had frozen withdrawals, trading and deposits on its platform.