The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether from two wallets indirectly linked to the troubled Russian exchange WEX.
The accounts were frozen on October 25, Leah Li, a spokeswoman for Binance, told CoinDesk. The action was taken in response to pleas from WEX users who have been watching the ethereum blockchain, the known location of a public wallet belonging to the WEX exchange, uneasily in recent months while they have been unable to withdraw their funds off the exchange.
These users traced the flow of funds through the ethereum blockchain and concluded that the two wallets that sent the ether to Binance – in 25 transactions from August through October – were controlled by entities related to WEX. The traders have expressed concern that they won't get their money back now that the funds have been moved to Binance.