On the eve of the introduction of a digital ruble, according to rumors, already outlined for the future 202 …

💱🖲💳On the eve of the introduction of a digital ruble, according to rumors, already scheduled for the future 2021, the Russian finance industry recalls the history of the WEX domestic cryptocurrency exchangewhose collapse at the end of 2018 cost the trusting depositors of almost half a billion US dollars. According to the results of the investigation conducted by the Russian Air Force serviceit turned out that The fall of a promising financial startup may be entrepreneur Konstantin Malofeev, as well as the FSB former and current employees involved in the collection of tribute from entrepreneurs to the shadow funds of special services.

Recall that WEX is a direct heiress of another BTC cryptocurrency exchange, created by Russian programmers Alexei Bilyuchenko and Alexander Vinnik in 2011 in the first wave of exciting growth of cryptocurrency popularity. Due to the absence of any user verification system, the exchange quickly began to gain world popularity among entrepreneurs who wanted to preserve incognito, which was impossible to do on Western platforms. During the work of the exchange, from 2011 to 2017, funds were sold on the amount of about $ 4 billion on it. However, the advantages of the BTC became the key to its fall: ultimately, the US authorities closed the cryptocurrency, accusing it of laundering stolen. ₿530 thousand The main contingent of BTC users migrated to the WEX promptly organized in Russia, which quickly included in the top 20 world cryptocurrency exchanges.

However, the creators of the WEX did not take into account the specifics of the economy A La Russe. Entrepreneurs who have sought exits to an administrative resource capable of ensuring the legislative cover of the cryptocurrencies have reached Malofeev, who has connections with special services. However, the Chekists showed active personal interest in the profitable crypto -startup who worked in the gray zone of the economy, and decided that the funds of anonymous investors would be better at the FSB Foundation. The amounts in cryptocurrency on the amount of $ 450 million on the amount of WEX, which were on the accounts of the WEX, disappeared along with the exchange, and the prospects of the investigation that have begun remain very vague.