JPEX

<p>Dubai-headquartered crypto exchange JPEX, which has recently found itself at the center of controversy in Hong Kong, has moved forward with a plan to transition the platform into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).</p><h2 id="header-0">Disputed voting outcome</h2><p>The firm’s management envisages converting user assets into dividend shares, with an incentive to lock them up for two years. While the exchange claims that the majority of its users voted in favor of the plan, some users are alleging that their assets have been converted without their knowledge or consent.</p><p>The company <a href="https://blog.jp-ex.io/en/dao-shareholder-dividend-program-referendum-results/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">announced</a> the outcome of its DAO Shareholder Dividend Scheme referendum on its website on Wednesday. According to JPEX, voting on the program concluded on September 28. The company alleges that 68% of users voted to support the proposed scheme.</p><h2 id="header-1">Asset conversion</h2><p>Under this plan, users can convert their currently frozen assets into DAO Stakeholder dividends at a 1:1 ratio. JPEX also offers a repurchase option at 30% of the conversion price after one year and a 100% repurchase option after two years.</p><p>In <a href="https://blog.jp-ex.io/en/n-special-announcement-20230920/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">a prior announcement</a>, JPEX stated that users who agreed to the scheme would receive dividends from the exchange through a new token listing, trading fees, and a distribution of JPEX Coin (JPC), the platform’s native token, in proportion to their shareholder dividends.</p><p>The scheme seems to encourage users to keep their funds on the exchange, which has been grappling with liquidity issues. Previously, the exchange had taken to putting in place unreasonably high withdrawal fees to discourage users from attempting to withdraw their funds from the platform.</p><h2 id="header-2">Ongoing fallout</h2><p>There has been ongoing fallout from the exchange businesses&#39; difficulties over recent weeks. At first, a number of influencers who had promoted the exchange were arrested. Later, Hong Kong regulators suggested they were giving further scrutiny to crypto trading regulations in light of the scandal.</p><p>Further arrests were made in connection with the exchange’s activities. Regulators have suggested that they would create a public listing of platforms that are actually regulated within the Chinese autonomous territory and the licensing status of those businesses. On Thursday the South China Morning Post (SCMP) <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3236945/hong-kong-jpex-crypto-scandal-police-arrest-6-more-suspects-including-ceo-ex-director-virtual-asset" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reported</a> that a further six people have been arrested in relation to the scandal, including the company’s CEO.</p><p>In another report on Wednesday the SCMP had<a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3236716/hong-kong-jpex-crypto-scandal-dividends-plan-defiant-platform-prevents-users-withdrawing-assets?campaign&#61;3236716&amp;module&#61;perpetual_scroll_0&amp;pgtype&#61;article" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> cited</a> one platform user who maintained that her assets had already been converted to JPC tokens without her consent or prior knowledge. She and other users discovered that they could no longer withdraw their assets following JPEX’s announcement to proceed with the plan.</p><p>“All of my [Tether] USDT and other cryptocurrencies are gone, all transferred to JPC,” she lamented, noting that her assets had been converted to JPC, a token with low liquidity and limited use cases. She expressed concern about the unknown price of JPC and the inability to withdraw, suggesting their assets had become worthless.</p><p>On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s police and securities regulator jointly <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;coinness.gl/hong-kong-authorities-unite-to-form-crypto-centric-taskforce-e110d869acd8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">launched</a> a crypto-focused task force aimed at combating illicit activities by cryptocurrency exchanges in the region.</p>

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