In accordance with a press launch revealed by cryptocurrency alternate OKX on Feb. 28, the agency stated that it seized 2,014,381 Tether (USDT) from 5 accounts suspected of partaking in “malicious market manipulation,” of the Celestial (CELT) token. As advised by OKX, on Feb. 26, Celestial builders introduced the creation of a brand new blockchain sport. Shortly afterwards, the Celestial builders allegedly launched a social media marketing campaign selling the brand new sport utilizing OKX’s branding, which the agency says was unauthorized. As a partial results of the actions, the CELT token practically doubled in worth inside two days’ time earlier than falling over 50% previously 24 hours to $0.002129 on the time of publication.
In response to consumer allegations of insider buying and selling, OKX defined that the alternate, by way of its subsidiary OKX Ventures, invested $100,000 into the Celestial GameFi challenge in Sept. 2021. Nevertheless, the alternate acknowledged that the CELT tokens it acquired have been deposited into OKX Ventures’ accounts “with none transactions,” and “no proof” of insider buying and selling involving OKX employees was discovered as per its investigation.
Nonetheless, the alternate froze 714,381 USDT from 5 accounts suspected of market manipulation and claimed Celestial would return 1.3 million USDT linked to such actions which have since left the alternate. As outlined by OKX, the agency will allocate 1 million USDT, together with 2,014,381 USDT obtained by way of seizure, for a mixed restitution of three,014,381 USDT to be airdropped to affected customers. Customers are eligible for the airdrop in the event that they bought CELT tokens between Feb. 25, 12 AM Hong Kong Time (HKT) to Feb. 28, 12 AM HKT, and suffered losses. Because of the complexity of the Airdrop, OKX says it can publish particulars inside the subsequent 48 hours.
