OPNX CEO scolds claimed backers after they deny investing in the firm

A fig of expected Open Exchange (OPNX) investors person been blasted by the CEO of the crypto claims trading level aft immoderate publically distanced themselves from the task aft being named arsenic backers.

On April 22, OPNX’s CEO Leslie Lamb tweeted that the behaviour of the firms was “disgusting” and “disappointing” saying they “want each the upside with small to nary risk.”

“I’m present to punctual everyone that’s not however entrepreneurship works, if it isn’t already clear,” Lamb added.

OPNX is simply a bankruptcy claims steadfast established by Kyle Davies and Su Zhu, the founders of the bankrupt crypto hedge money Three Arrows Capital (3AC).

The play archetypal began connected April 21 erstwhile OPNX tweeted a video of Lamb thanking a fig of “major investors” for their support.

The database of investors named by OPNX included AppWorks, Susquehanna (SIG), DRW, MIAX Group, China Merchant Bank International and Token Bay Capital Nascent and Tuwaiq Limited.

Nearly fractional of the listed backers present assertion they ne'er elected to supply backing to OPNX and person denied immoderate and each relation with the firm.

The first institution to publically contradict support was decentralized concern (DeFi) trading steadfast Nascent, which claimed that portion it bought Coinflex (FLEX) tokens, archetypal issued by the company’s erstwhile manifestation, it did not enactment successful a backing circular for OPNX.

Just to clarify, Nascent did not enactment successful an OPNX fundraising round, we invested successful FLEX tokens successful aboriginal 2021.

Taiwan-based task superior steadfast Appworks took to Twitter connected April 22 to supply further clarification connected its concern presumption stating that its backing had been “forcibly converted” from its archetypal holdings successful CoinFLEX and that they “do not enactment what [Davies and Zu] did during the past days of 3AC.”

We are backers of CoinFlex and were supportive of Mark to rebuild for stakeholders. Our equity is being forcibly converted to OPNX and we person not committed superior to the caller entity. We ne'er met Su Zhu oregon Kyle Davies and bash not enactment what they did during the past days of 3AC

Additionally, superior marketplace institution DRW Trading chose not to mince words erstwhile distancing itself from the exchange, bluntly tweeting it is "not an capitalist successful OPNX."

DRW is not an capitalist successful OPNX nor are immoderate of its affiliates investors successful OPNX.

Since the nationalist spat archetypal played retired crossed Twitter, FLEX, the superior token of OPNX, has plummeted much than 21% according to data from TradingView.

Cointelegraph contacted Susquehanna (SIG), MIAX Group and China Merchant for clarification connected their investments successful OPNX but did not instantly person a response.

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According to OPNX’s transportation platform which archetypal circulated successful January this year, it volition let investors to buy and merchantability claims connected bankrupt crypto firms specified arsenic 3AC and FTX.

Unlike different claims marketplace firms, OPNX purports to let customers to usage claims arsenic collateral for trading. In addition, the steadfast stated that it could assistance “fill the powerfulness vacuum near by FTX” and grow into different much regulated markets similar stocks and equities.

In June 2022, 3AC received a announcement of default from crypto speech Voyager Digital aft failing to wage a indebtedness of 15,250 Bitcoin (BTC) and 350 cardinal USD Coin (USDC).

On July 1, 2022, 3AC filed for bankruptcy and has been the taxable of disapproval from the broader crypto manufacture with galore of its creditors accusing its founders of moving distant from ineligible action.

A fig of crypto companies person publically stated that they volition garbage to subordinate with anyone who supports OPNX. Regardless, CoinFLEX, the main institution down the OPNX task has defended itself, claiming that it volition assistance marque customers of failed crypto ventures “whole again.”

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