Binance introduced plans to delist Twister Money’s native token, TORN, on Nov. 27, carefully coinciding with large losses for the coin.
The alternate introduced plans to delist TORN on Nov. 27 at 6:00 PM UTC. This coincided with a sudden loss in worth for the asset, which dropped from $3.90 to as little as $1.94 in only one hour. As of 9:00 PM UTC on Nov. 27, TORN was valued at $1.73, representing a 55.6% loss because the preliminary drop and a 53.2% loss over 24 hours.
Binance stated it could start to delist and halt buying and selling for TORN beginning on Dec. 7 at 3:00 PM UTC. It added that it’s going to cease crediting deposits on Dec. 8 and disable withdrawals after March 7, 2024.
The announcement named three different property that will probably be delisted on the identical schedule: BitShares (BTS), PERL.eco (PERL), and Waltonchain (WTC). Every coin additionally noticed sudden losses after Binance introduced the delistings.
Twister Money was sanctioned final 12 months
Binance didn’t say why it intends to delist Twister Money however stated that it evaluations property periodically and considers varied elements.
Twister Money was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in August 2022 for its use in cash laundering schemes, together with these by North Korean cybercrime teams. In August 2023, the U.S. Division of Justice charged the platform’s co-founders, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, with conspiracy to commit cash laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations, and different monetary crimes.
Although the Treasury didn’t sanction the TORN token itself, it sanctioned particular addresses related to the venture. These developments might have raised points in a single a part of Binance’s assessment, which considers “evidence of unethical/fraudulent conduct or negligence.”
Regardless of Binance’s lack of help for Twister Money, different business members have asserted that Twister Money has reliable privateness purposes and have lobbied for the Treasury to switch the sanctions. Notably, The Blockchain Affiliation submitted a brand new submitting in an ongoing case across the matter on Nov. 20.
