Fiat-to-crypto on-ramp resolution supplier Juno has urged its customers to promote or self-custody the crypto on its platform citing “uncertainty” with its crypto custodian associate Wyre.
In a Jan. 4 tweet, the platform defined it that it does not maintain any of its buyer’s crypto, and depends on its “crypto associate” for these companies.
“Resulting from uncertainty with our crypto associate, we have now taken preemptive motion within the curiosity of our prospects,” it wrote, including it’s additionally actively reaching out to prospects to ask them to self-custody.
2/ Juno as a platform doesn’t custody crypto property & depends on our crypto associate for these companies.
Resulting from uncertainty with our crypto associate, we have now taken preemptive motion within the curiosity of our prospects.
— Juno (@JunoFinanceHQ) January 4, 2023
The “crypto associate” in query is known to be Wyre, a regulated Cash Service Enterprise in the USA.
Earlier this week, Wyre CEO Ioannis Giannaros reportedly instructed workers that the agency “might want to unwind […] over the subsequent couple of weeks.”
Within the e mail seen by Axios, Giannaros mentioned the agency was “nonetheless working” however could be “scaling again to plan our subsequent steps.”
Juno in its newest Twitter thread mentioned there was nonetheless $1.25 million value of crypto property held on the platform and it has been reaching out to prospects to encourage them to self-custody their holdings
Different safeguards employed by Juno for customers embody briefly disabling crypto shopping for on its platform and changing stablecoins to U.S. {dollars} into customers’ government-insured accounts “that are FDIC Insured as much as $250,000 through our associate financial institution.”
It additionally elevated day by day withdrawal limits five-fold for all “steel” account holders, its highest tier account.
Cointelegraph contacted Juno for remark however didn’t obtain an instantaneous response. Wyre didn’t reply to a number of requests for remark.
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On the time of writing, Juno customers have been seemingly capable of withdraw funds with out subject and the platform claimed its companies unrelated to crypto have been equally unaffected.
Juno mentioned it plans to “transition to a brand new crypto associate” however is but to launch info on what associate and when the transition will likely be finalized. It added it was working to restart crypto shopping for and deposits “as quickly as attainable.”
