FTX was custodian for majority of tokens on DeFi lending platform Oxygen

DeFi prime brokerage Oxygen said FTX acted as the custodian for the majority of the tokens on its ecosystems, adding that it has sought legal help.

“Whilst FTX Group did not hold any equity in the MAPS or Oxygen businesses, it did hold a significant proportion of MAPS/OXY tokens,” Oxygen said in a Twitter thread. “It also acted as custodian for over 95% of the overall supply of our ecosystem tokens — both locked and unlocked.”

Oxygen is built on Solana and uses on-chain infrastructure called Serum. OXY refers to the governance token for the Oxygen prime brokerage protocol, while MAPS is the token used for the second version of offline mobile mapping app Maps.me, which announced an integration with Oxygen in 2021. 

FTX’s sister trading firm Alameda Research led a $40m investment in Oxygen in February 2021, with participation from Multicoin Capital, Genesis Capital and CMS.

Retained legal advisors

Oxygen, which said it was “shocked” by the events surrounding FTX’s bankruptcy proceedings.

“We are considering all options on how to protect the MAPS & OXY ecosystems and have retained legal advisors to assist with this ongoing process,” Oxygen said. 

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried told The Block in February 2021 that Oxygen was “a lot less white glove than traditional prime brokerage, that’s sort of how crypto is.”

Maps.me made its last Twitter post on Oct. 3.

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