Following the raid of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange UPbit on insolvency charges, an audit has confirmed that all of its digital currency balance sheets have not been subject to manipulation and the platform has the total funds it claims.
Officials took action in May after concerns were raised that UPbit was inflating its trading volumes while manipulating the balance sheets to match. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission and Korea Financial Intelligence Unit took documents and hardware from the exchange’s headquarters to appraise the details in line with the anonymous tip-offs claiming its insolvency.
A recent evaluation by one of the country’s largest accounting firms, Yoojin, declared that UPbit was operating with all of the declared assets, with the results of the audit published by Korean internet provider Kakao’s subsidiary company Dunamoo. While this has reassured many local investors using the platform, the lack of a response from the local government has led critics to query the legitimacy of the audit.
Details of the audit claim that the cryptographic screening shows UPbit has around 103% of the money based on the total needed to be paid to customers, with the aggregate funds of the exchange reaching 127% of the total that it holds for customers.
The president of Dunamoo Lee Seok-woo attested the authority of the results, saying UPbit has enough money to compensate all customers whenever they wish to withdraw their funds. He also noted that the exchange would comply with regular audits in the future to prove its financial conditions are fully legally compliant.
The recent hack of South Korean exchange Bithumb ignited mistrust with the platform, pushing UPbit to the country’s number one cryptocurrency exchange spot. Shinhan Bank-backed platform Gopax is expected to overtake the trading volume of both exchanges in the near future.
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