Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Paxful;has resumed marketplace;operations more than one month after it was shut down.
In a statement on the company’s website, the firm said the marketplace was temporarily suspended to protect all customers and Paxful’s future.
- The latest statement has also pointed out that the Paxful Wallet remained fully operational for users during the suspension.
- In early April, Paxful suspended its operations after eight years, citing key staff departures and the current regulatory environment in the U.S.;
- Shortly before the suspension, Paxful co-founder Artur Schaback accused;CEO;Ray Youssef and the company of involvement in misappropriating funds,;money laundering, and evasion of U.S. sanctions against Russia.
- At the time, Youssef claimed that Schaback sued Paxful because he was angry that the firm fired him.
- In April, Youssef;also stated that;88% of suspended accounts were unfrozen, freeing $1M of customer funds, and he stepped down from the CEO position to unfreeze the accounts.
- Schaback said the platform is currently run by a Delaware lawyer who serves as a custodian and a director in addition to Schaback and Youssef.