Crypto Exchanges

Story: BitMart Wallets Drop From $71M to $36.5M as Founder Faces August 19 Ultimatum

By James Thorp

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Xia Calls It All Fabricated. Sheldon Xia didn't stay quiet. He shot back fast, calling the allegations "fabricated rumors.

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The Shutdown Timeline. BitMart announced on July 26 that it planned to close the exchange. Trading stops on August 26.

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What Stakeholders Are Watching. Crypto exchange collapses aren't new. The industry has seen its share of platforms go dark with…

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BitMart's Chinese-language social media account is pushing hard. It wants founder Sheldon Xia to produce a repayment plan by August 19 — or face more evidence submissions to…

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The account posted publicly on Monday, demanding Xia lay out the full picture: wallets, assets, liabilities, available reserves. All of it, verifiable.

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Whether that's enough to calm anyone down is a different question. Probably not.

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The wallet numbers are hard to ignore. Arkham tracked BitMart's crypto holdings at roughly $36.5 million on Monday.

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BitMart announced on July 26 that it planned to close the exchange. Trading stops on August 26. Full operations wind down by January 31.

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More context: Nigel Farage Faces Inquiry Over Crypto Donations as He Returns to Westminster

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The BMX token — BitMart's native token — took a sharp hit around the time of the closure announcement.

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And the social media situation adds another layer of chaos. BitMart hasn't said anything publicly about who's running the Chinese-language account that posted the ultimatum.

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The deadline is August 19. If Xia doesn't provide verifiable financial information by then, whoever controls that account says they'll keep feeding evidence to regulators and…

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Crypto exchange collapses aren't new. The industry has seen its share of platforms go dark with user funds stuck inside, and the pattern tends to follow a familiar script —…

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More context: Nakamotos 4,467 Bitcoin Stack Faces December Crunch as $60M Debt Looms Over Kraken Collateral

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The $36.5 million still sitting in tracked wallets is probably the number most users care about right now.

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