Wintermute claims NEAR backed out of $11M stablecoin redemption deal

by Jeremy

The NEAR Basis and Aurora allegedly reneged on a suggestion to transform $11 million price of USN stablecoins, Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy has claimed.

In a Nov. 7 X (Twitter) publish, Gaevoy claimed NEAR refused to honor a dedication to facilitate the sale of $11.2 million price of its stablecoin USN for the FTX property.

Gaevoy mentioned Wintermute was working with FTX to liquidate its property for collectors which included the sale of $11.2 million price of USN.

Gaevoy claimed Wintermute executed the transaction — which supplied $11 million to FTX collectors — on the premise that it will be capable to redeem USN to USDT on a one-to-one foundation.

When Wintermute submitted its redemption request, NEAR allegedly “refused to honor their commitments.” Gaevoy claimed after two and a half months, Wintermute nonetheless hadn’t obtained any USDT.

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Gaevoy claimed Wintermute obtained a ultimate provide of 20% of the $11 million. Gaevoy mentioned Wintermute would pursue “all authorized avenues” towards NEAR and Aurora — the organisation chargeable for permitting the switch of property from the Ethereum community to the NEAR protocol. 

Gaevoy mentioned the publish was the “final and public try” in asking the NEAR Basis to finish the redemption.

“Nonetheless if [NEAR Foundation] continues to be unreasonable about this example, we’re absolutely dedicated to switching right into a full-time adversarial mode.”

The NEAR Basis and Aurora didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

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