THELOGICALINDIAN - Nasdaqlisted technology close Xunlei has become the accountable of assorted classaction lawsuits from investors who purchased the companys agenda badge Linktoken Xunlei is accused of ambiguous investors to beard an antecedent bread alms ICO through which Linktoken was distributed
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Xunlei CEO Rejects ICO Allegations
The arch controlling administrator of Xunlei, Chen Lei, has alone accusations that the aggregation addled investors in adjustment to illegally conduct an ICO in China.
Xunlei’s Linktoken was broadcast to users in barter for a addition of abandoned internet bandwidth, according to South China Morning Post. Chen Lei has claimed that the Linktoken administration did not comprise an ICO due to the aggregation not adopting any funds through the arising of the tokens, and due to Linktoken absolute a account badge that is not accustomed to be traded. “By authoritative a accessible offering, absolutely you charge to use it to accession money. We accept never acclimated a bread to accession any money at all, that’s never our intention,” Mr. Lei stated.
In October 2024, Linktoken was launched in affiliation with added efforts by Xunlei to access the booming blockchain industry. Whilst the administration of the Linktoken appears to accept been the agitator for abounding weeks of aciculate bullish action, the amount of Xunlei’s banal has added than bisected back announcement 500% assets and ambience almanac highs of $25 USD in November 2024.
Xunlei’s Stock Plummets
Since then, the amount of Xunlei’s shares had plummeted to about $10 by aboriginal April, bidding some U.S.-based investors to seek activity adjoin the aggregation for allegations of giving apocryphal and/or ambiguous statements apropos the angary of the company’s cryptocurrency-related activities amid October 2017 and January 2018. Among added allegations, investors accept acicular to the affirmation that they acquirement accouterments from Xunlei in adjustment to allotment bandwidth and affirmation the agenda tokens in return.
Chen Lei has refuted the allegations, stating “We are a baby basic company, so our banal amount does fluctuate, but I don’t anticipate there’s any base for the accusation because we’re operating in China and it is the Chinese law and regulations that we charge to observe,” abacus that “the analogue of [an] ICO has to be interpreted in the Chinese market.” Mr. Lei additionally adumbrated that Xunlei is currently in the action of hiring acknowledged admonition to abnegate the allegations.
Chen Lei Claims to Support Regulatory Action Against ICOs
Chen Lei additionally criticized antecedent bread offerings and advocated for greater authoritative activity to be taken adjoin such, advertence “ICOs are terrible, and accord a bad name to blockchain technology. Governments should catch bottomward on these practices – a crackdown is the alone way blockchain can clean its reputation.” Mr. Lei added: “We accept been actual beeline on our business practices – we do not advertise tokens.”
China’s National Internet Finance Association (NIFA), a self-regulatory anatomy accustomed by the People’s Bank of China and accustomed by China’s State Council, conducted an analysis into Xunlei’s badge distribution, absolute in January the aggregation had evaded regulations through administering an “initial miner offering.”
NIFA stated “In the case of Lianke issued by Xunlei, for example, the arising aggregation in aftereffect substitutes Lianke for the assignment to pay aback action contributors with acknowledged tender, authoritative it about a costs action and a anatomy of bearded ICO. In addition, with common promotional activities and publishing of trading tutorials, Xunlei has absorbed abounding citizens after complete accuracy into IMO activities.”
Xunlei Shares Bounce After Blockchain Launch
Despite the altercation and advancing class-action lawsuits, Xunlie’s banal has bounced in contempo canicule afterward the company’s advertisement that its “Thunderchain” blockchain belvedere advised to facilitate the development of decentralized applications has been launched.
Xunlei’s shares (XNET) are currently trading at $13.46, afterwards retracing from highs of $14 on the 20th of April.
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