- CoinFLeX will issue recovery tokens to help fund customers’ withdrawals.
- The exchange had run into trouble after one individual’s accounts went into negative equity, resulting in the halting of withdrawals.
- It will issue $47 million worth of the Recovery Value USD (rvUSD) tokens.
Futures crypto exchange CoinFLEX will issue recovery tokens called Recovery Value USD (rvUSD) as a solution to enable withdrawals again. The platform has suspended withdrawals as a result of market volatility, with some users even having a negative balance as a result.
$47 million of the rvUSD will be issued, and CoinFLEX hopes that this will help clear the outstanding debt from that one individual who had a negative balance. A whitepaper covers the details of the token, and there are several caveats to become an investor. The minimum subscription is 100,000 USDC.
The exchange aims to reopen withdrawals by June 30, but this will be subject to receiving funds for the rvUSD issuance. CoinFLEX says that it has been speaking to large buyers and “believes there is significant interest in the terms presented.”
CoinFLEX also said that it plans to implement transparency measures going forward. Additionally, it will work on a new model of futures in direct response to the recent incident. Regarding the transparency, CoinFLEX said,
“The notional (USD) value of every account’s futures positions will be made publicly available via an external auditing firm that will attest to these futures positions every hour. We will also make available the margin (collateral) backing these positions in USD value and break down the collateral by type 1 (stablecoins), type 2 (highly liquid coins), and type 3 (low liquidity coins).”
Crypto Community Not Too Convinced About rvUSD
The crypto community’s response to CoinFLEX’s rescue method has been ambivalent. FatMan, who has been known for his analysis of the Terra incident, called the move “amazingly degen.”
He summarizes the whole incident as the platform offering the individual a $47 million uncollateralized loan, turning his debt into a token while offering 20% APY on it. In other words, they are using this token to fund other customers’ withdrawals.
This may sound like something too good to be true — and that might very well be the case. Such unusual and potentially risky strategies will invite the attention of regulators like the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). That is the fear that some investors have, but it remains to be seen if this will actually play out that way.