has it has completed a major system upgrade and will relaunch its platform at 13:00 UTC on May 15.
, which lost over 7,000 (at the time $41 million) in a earlier this month, froze deposits and withdrawals altogether before a limited return to operations this week.
A subsequent notice developers would shut down functionality in full for a period of up to eight hours on Wednesday, beginning at 03:00 UTC.
Little details were available about the work, which completed as scheduled. Now, is preparing to open up full its previous suite of features, including deposits and withdrawals, for all users.
“ has completed its system upgrade and we will resume all activity at 1:00 PM (UTC),” a new statement reads. It states:
“From now until the commencement of , users will be able to cancel open orders, process deposits and use other account related functions. Please note that the withdrawal function will be available shortly after resumes.”
’s hack caught the community by surprise when it emerged $41 million of funds had gone missing from some user accounts.
admitted liability for the attack, on Tuesday urging users to read and comply with a list of to protect funds on the exchange.
As a form of compensation to users unable to use their accounts as normal, also announced a giveaway scheme involving its in-house , coin ().
During a promotional period lasting through May 18, users over 1 worth of funds will share in a prize pool of 50,000 BNB ($1.26 million), to be credited two weeks later.
As Cointelegraph , fellow exchange , which lost around $17 million in January, this week halted as executives called in liquidators.
Published at Thu, 16 May 2019 07:17:46 +0000
