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The WallStreetBets DApp (WSB) token was trending as traders panicked following its delisting from centralized exchange OKX. OKX removed the token because of the concentration of WSB trading on its platform and the WSB teamâs need for access to the Treasury.
OKX announced yesterday that it had begun to wind down the WSB/USDT pair trading according to its Token Listing Determination and Deprecation Rules. The action comes after the WSB team complained of a need for access to the Treasury, which r/WallStreetBets subreddit creator Jaime Rogozinsky currently controls.
According to OKX, the WSB trading pairs will be removed on Feb. 2, 2024. The exchange stopped WSB deposits on Jan. 23, 2024.
The price of WSB dropped 50% after the announcement. It is down 73% in the past seven days to $0.0011935.
The OKX team said the WSB trading volume was too concentrated on its platform. Exchange data suggests that around $1.1 million out of $1.2 million of WSB/USDT trading occurred on OKX in the past 24 hours. BNB Chainâs PancakeSwap (V2) accounted for roughly $69,000 in additional WSB volume.
WSB/USD 7-Day Price Chart | Source: BeInCrypto
Another factor influencing the delisting decision was the teamâs unease at Jaime Rogozinskiâs control over the projectâs Treasury. Rogozinski created the r/WallStreetBets subreddit to divest big companies of the power to make investment decisions.
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The project eventually culminated in a blockchain finance platform governed by the WSB token. The WSB meme coin enables community members to vote on allocating assets in investment products, among other things.
OKXâs WSB delisting also accompanies a shift in its business priorities. On Friday, the crypto exchange stopped accepting sign-ups to its cloud mining pool and plans to wind down operations by Feb. 25, 2024. The pool has served Chinese crypto miners since 2017 but has recently come under the scrutiny of the Chinese government.
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Last week, the companyâs native OKB token experienced a 48% âflash crashâ that resulted in measures to harden its operations. The companyâs team released the following statement,
ââŠOn 23 January 2024 the price of OKB dropped from 50.69 to 48.36 USDT, causing several margined positions to liquidate automatically. As a result, OKB experienced high volatility for about three minutes, reaching a low of 25.1 USDT before the market stabilizedâŠwe will work to continuously improve OKXâs margin position tier rules, risk management controls, and liquidation mechanism to avoid any future abnormal liquidations.â
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