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Fantom seeks to liquidate Multichain Foundation to recover assets from July exploit

Fantom seeks to liquidate Multichain Foundation to recover assets from July exploit

The BlockThe Block2024/03/05 06:10
By:The Block

Quick Take Fantom seeks to liquidate Multichain Foundation to claw back lost assets in the exploit that occurred last July.

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Fantom Foundation, a blockchain platform for decentralized finance, announced Monday in a blog post that it plans to petition the court to liquidate Multichain Foundation to recover missing assets.

Fantom said in the blog post that the amount its ecosystem lost accounts for around one-third of the $210 million exploited off of the cross-chain protocol Multichain bridge last July.

In January, the High Court of Singapore made a default judgment in favor of Fantom on its legal action against Multichain for alleged breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentations, according to the post.

With this legal victory, the Singaporean court is expected to appoint a liquidator to assess Fantom’s damages resulting from Multichain’s security breach and help recover and distribute the missing or frozen assets, according to Fantom. 

“Given the persistent absence of Multichain, we do not expect this to occur, at which point the Foundation will petition the court to wind up the Multichain Foundation and appoint a liquidator,” Fantom said. The foundation’s decision to take legal action came after multiple attempts to engage with key personnel of Multichain, according to Fantom.

Fantom’s case could provide a pathway for other Multichain users to claim lost assets with the default judgment ruling. Multichain’s exploit resulted in a total loss of $210 million across chains, including BNB, Ethereum, Polygon and Arbitrum. Fantom added that its founder is subject to an active investigation in Kunming, China.

The DeFi platform has also opened a proposal for a class action lawsuit against Multichain for affected users to take part in, according to its X post .


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