{"id":51040,"date":"2023-06-01T05:18:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=51040"},"modified":"2023-06-01T05:18:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:18:25","slug":"police-detain-multichain-founder-in-shanghai-for-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/police-detain-multichain-founder-in-shanghai-for-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Detain Multichain Founder in Shanghai for Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to an unconfirmed source in Wu <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/rbi-advises-banks-to-adopt-ai-blockchain-technologies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blockchain<\/a>, the founder of Multichain has been detained by Chinese police in Shanghai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51045\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police Detain Multichain Founder in Shanghai for Investigation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 24, users noticed an unusual delay in receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/chain.link\/education-hub\/cross-chain-smart-contracts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cross-chain<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> funds on the Multichain. Later, the cross-chain announced that, despite most of the cross-chain routes of the transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All modes are working, but due to force majeure, some cross-linking routes have gone offline, and service recovery time is unknown. The next day, rumors surfaced in the Chinese cryptocurrency community that the police had arrested the Multichain network development team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the rumors, the co-founder of the project stated in a Telegram community that the team was in excellent health. Alfred Xu, a co-founder, also noted that routine business operations would resume, and the affected route will be restored automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BoringSleuth, a blockchain investigator, analyzed the implications of the allegations regarding the arrest of Multichain team members. he stated that If the arrest were legitimate, then one of the most significant criminal organizations in the crypto space would have been apprehended,  Team members are linked to greater than ten enumerator-based carpet draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this is true, then, one of the largest criminal orgs in Crypto has been arrested and this would be a massive win for cleaning up the space, especially DEX rugs. I have this team behind 10+ rugs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lFShGv6CiO\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/lFShGv6CiO<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>&mdash; TruthLabs \ud83d\udc84 (@BoringSleuth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoringSleuth\/status\/1661366961714995200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 24, 2023<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As the tweet that sparked today's rumor has since been purged, the incident remains a matter of conjecture without verifiable evidence; therefore, follow us for the most recent updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to an unconfirmed source in Wu Blockchain, the founder of Multichain has been detained by Chinese police in Shanghai. On May 24, users noticed an unusual delay in receiving cross-chain funds on the Multichain. Later, the cross-chain announced that, despite most of the cross-chain routes of the transaction. All modes are working, but due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":51045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5392,6108,202],"class_list":["post-51040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cryptocurrency-2","tag-multichain","tag-blockchain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/chain-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}