{"id":598473,"date":"2023-01-17T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T21:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/coinbases-airdrop-fiasco-an-influx-of-lawsuits-and-criticism\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T21:52:11","slug":"coinbases-airdrop-fiasco-an-influx-of-lawsuits-and-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/coinbases-airdrop-fiasco-an-influx-of-lawsuits-and-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase\u2019s Airdrop Fiasco: An Influx Of Lawsuits And Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On January 10, Flare Networks began distributing free FLR tokens to holders of XRP in a highly-anticipated airdrop event. To qualify, participants were required to provide proof of their XRP ownership through a screenshot taken in December 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Participating exchanges distributed the FLR tokens, but the value of the incentives was less than expected. Additionally, the FLR token reached an all-time high of $0.15 on the day of the airdrop, but within a week, its value had dropped<\/a> 71.5% to trade at $0.00041 at the time of this writing.<\/p>\n

Airdrop Proved Costly For Coinbase<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dissatisfied customers of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase have launched a class action lawsuit against the company for failing to supply them with Songbird and Flare tokens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a complaint filed with the United States District Court, Plaintiff Dallas Woody is leading the lawsuit on behalf of himself and others in similar situations regarding the Flare Airdrop. The lawsuit also names Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.<\/p>\n

The handling of the Flare project has also garnered criticism from members of the cryptocurrency community, with some referring to it as a Ponzi scam and others expressing disappointment with the limited incentives and tight deadlines for the coin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u26a0\ufe0f FIP.01 : Wrap your FLR before 19 Jan 7pm UTC to qualify to vote.<\/p>\n

FLR holders have the power to decide if FIP.01 passes or fails.<\/p>\n

????\ufe0f Voting starts 21 Jan 7am UTC, ends 28 Jan 7am UTC.<\/p>\n

Guide on how to wrap your FLR and vote on the portal: https:\/\/t.co\/tE1LKpC4RP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mPFx4d4V2y<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014 Flare \u2600\ufe0f (@FlareNetworks) January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Ripple\u2019s Chief Technical Officer, David Schwartz, also recently took to Twitter to voice his disapproval of the airdrop and provide constructive criticism. He pointed out that under current regulations, there is no incentive to hold onto FLR tokens in order to receive additional airdrops, and that holders of Flare tokens have nothing to lose by selling them immediately.<\/p>\n

As the situation develops, it is increasingly appearing that the Flare project may be a Ponzi scheme, raising more questions and causing further problems for the industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Qadir Ak is the founder of Coinpedia. He has over a decade of experience writing about technology and has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space since 2010. He has also interviewed a few prominent experts within the cryptocurrency space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On January 10, Flare Networks began distributing free FLR tokens to holders of XRP in a highly-anticipated airdrop event. To qualify, participants were required to provide proof of their XRP ownership through a screenshot taken in December 2020.\u00a0Participating exchanges distributed the FLR tokens, but the value of the incentives was less than expected. Additionally, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55078,52645],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-598473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airdrop","8":"category-coinbases"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}