Poloniex Bitcoiners’ Stellar Lumens in JeopardyStellar Labs have had an ongoing program where they are giving away free Lumens to people who already hold Bitcoin. They explain this move by saying:
"To achieve a more inclusive digital economy. Per our mission, Stellar.org works to connect people to low-cost financial services. Giving away lumens for free is an invitation to communities to design the services they need. […] To expand the reach of the network. The availability and active use of lumens on the network will increase the network’s utility by many orders of magnitude."
However, when they announced the program earlier this year, they said that users of Poloniex and other exchanges wouldn’t need to do anything:
An updated page shows that they are “confirming with Poloniex,” who summarily denied having ever agreed to receive these free assets. Stellar says they believe they had “an understanding” with Poloniex:
For its part, Poloniex fully denies it all:
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