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A loud statement shook the crypto community: co-founder and CEO of OpenGradient, Matthew Wang, publicly accused the BitMart exchange of insolvency. According to him, the funds of his project's marketing team were blocked on the platform, casting doubt on the financial stability of the trading venue.

Wang claims that BitMart, even a week before the official announcement of closure, began pressuring token holders, demanding they lock up their assets. In his view, this tactic was aimed at artificially attracting liquidity to hide the real state of affairs. However, even these measures did not save the situation — withdrawals, apparently, became impossible or extremely limited.

An alarm signal for the market

This incident is not just a private conflict between a project and an exchange. It exposes a systemic problem: many centralized platforms continue to operate with an opaque reserve structure. BitMart, which had previously been involved in scandals involving hacks and payment delays, now risks losing the remaining trust of institutional and retail clients.

It is important to note that such accusations, especially from leaders of tech startups, are usually backed by documentary evidence. If Wang's words are confirmed, this could trigger a wave of lawsuits and a massive outflow of funds from other small exchanges pursuing similar policies.

My expertise: The market has long been signaling that the era of "gray" exchanges is coming to an end. The BitMart incident is another reminder: holding assets on centralized platforms without public proof of reserves (Proof of Reserves) is an unjustified risk. For investors, this is a reason to reconsider diversification and prefer decentralized protocols or exchanges with audited reporting.