Paxful CEO Ray Youssef highlights Ethereums move to proof-of-stake, perceived centralization and token minting ability as reasons for the move. 3849 Total views 30 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 News Own this piece of crypto history
Collect this article as NFT Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful has removed Ether (ETH),Ethereums native token, from its marketplace, citing a number of concerns around the worlds second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Paxful CEO Ray Youssef announced the move in a message to some 11.6 million users of the platform, which he subsequently shared on Twitter.
We finally kicked #ethereum off our marketplace. 11.6m humans safer. Integrity over revenue Who is next ? pic.twitter.com/JTJXa5RYJ8 Ray Youssef (@raypaxful) December 21, 2022
Youssef highlighted three major concerns around the Ethereum ecosystem which led to the marketplace removing ETH, citing Paxfuls intent to maintain its integrity and efforts to combat economic apartheid around the world driven by fiat monetary systems:I want to see a world where Bitcoin frees billions of people held back by this evil system, especially those unnecessarily harmed living in the global south.
Ethereums switch from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus was the first reason given for the move. Youssef explained that PoW is the innovation that makes Bitcoin (BTC) the only honest money there is and that Ethereums transition to PoS has turned ETH into a digital form of fiat.
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Youssef also criticized Ethereum for not being decentralized and cited the protocol’s ability to allow the tokenization of assets as a driver of scams and fraud across the cryptocurrency ecosystem.The tokens that ETH has spawned have been scams that robbed people of billions. They have stolen valuable momentum away from Bitcoin and cost us years on our mission.
Paxfuls CEO has also been a vocal advocate for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency self-custody in the wake of FTXs collapse in November 2022. Youssef implored cryptocurrency users to shift BTC holdings to self-custody storage, with Paxful users also encouraged to follow suit. #Cryptocurrencies #Business #Ethereum #Cryptocurrency Exchange #Paxful #Ray Youssef Related News Cryptos regulatory fate will be decided in the year ahead Why is Ethereum (ETH) price down today? Bitcoin and Ethereum gave back their gains, but has anything actually changed? Boris Johnsons brother steps down as Binance adviser amid concerns over the exchange: Report BlockFi files motion to return frozen crypto to wallet users
