OKEx to Resume P2P Services with 3 Fiats

Wednesday, 21/10/2020 | 09:35 GMT by Arnab Shome
  • The service will allow anxious OKEx clients to liquidate their holdings.
OKEx to Resume P2P Services with 3 Fiats
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OKEx announced on Wednesday that it is resuming its peer-to-peer digital currency Exchange services today with three fiats: Chinese yuan, Indian rupee, and Vietnamese dong.

The P2P services will start today at 12 pm (UTC) following the suspension of the services last Friday as the exchange lost touch with one of its private key holders.

No Plans to Resume Withdrawal

The missing OKEx wallet private key holder turned out to be its founder Mingxing Xu, popularly known as Star Xu, and he was arrested by the Chinese police, Finance Magnates reported earlier.

As withdrawals on the exchange remain suspended, its clients are trying to several ways to get their stuck funds out. Many are taking bids outside the exchange interface and even selling their USDT and BTC holdings at 10 to 20 percent discount.

With the P2P services, many of the anxious clients can liquidate their holdings to buyers who are okay with suspended withdrawals.

For its P2P services, OKEx act as a third-party with escrow privileges. It receives bids from third-party OTC merchants, and when the buyer transacts the amount to the seller’s account, the exchange transfers the cryptos to the new owner’s account. As the crypto transfers are made internally, no on-chain verification is required.

OKEx is one of the largest crypto derivatives and spot exchanges, but it slipped its ranks following uncertainty in the withdrawal process.

Apart from withdrawals, other services of the crypto exchange remained functional.

OKCoin, another exchange founded by Star Xu, also released a clarification, mentioning that all services on the crypto exchange, including withdrawals, are functioning properly.

OKEx announced on Wednesday that it is resuming its peer-to-peer digital currency Exchange services today with three fiats: Chinese yuan, Indian rupee, and Vietnamese dong.

The P2P services will start today at 12 pm (UTC) following the suspension of the services last Friday as the exchange lost touch with one of its private key holders.

No Plans to Resume Withdrawal

The missing OKEx wallet private key holder turned out to be its founder Mingxing Xu, popularly known as Star Xu, and he was arrested by the Chinese police, Finance Magnates reported earlier.

As withdrawals on the exchange remain suspended, its clients are trying to several ways to get their stuck funds out. Many are taking bids outside the exchange interface and even selling their USDT and BTC holdings at 10 to 20 percent discount.

With the P2P services, many of the anxious clients can liquidate their holdings to buyers who are okay with suspended withdrawals.

For its P2P services, OKEx act as a third-party with escrow privileges. It receives bids from third-party OTC merchants, and when the buyer transacts the amount to the seller’s account, the exchange transfers the cryptos to the new owner’s account. As the crypto transfers are made internally, no on-chain verification is required.

OKEx is one of the largest crypto derivatives and spot exchanges, but it slipped its ranks following uncertainty in the withdrawal process.

Apart from withdrawals, other services of the crypto exchange remained functional.

OKCoin, another exchange founded by Star Xu, also released a clarification, mentioning that all services on the crypto exchange, including withdrawals, are functioning properly.

About the Author: Arnab Shome
Arnab Shome
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About the Author: Arnab Shome
Arnab is an electronics engineer-turned-financial editor. He entered the industry covering the cryptocurrency market for Finance Magnates and later expanded his reach to forex as well. He is passionate about the changing regulatory landscape on financial markets and keenly follows the disruptions in the industry with new-age technologies.
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