Ren Protocol Plans to Launch New Network With Millions at Risk

Ren Protocol, which had backing from Alameda Research to shut down, and the millions in Total Value locked are at risk of being lost forever.

Yet again, millions of dollars are at risk due to the direct impact of the collapse of the Sam Bankman-Fried empire. Ren protocol announced that users’ must bridge their assets back to native chains, or they might risk losing their assets.

Ren 1.0 to Shut Down due to The Alameda Exposure

Ren Protocol, a platform that provides interoperability and liquidity between different blockchain platforms, was announced to speed up the upgrade to Ren2.0.

Alameda Research funded Ren Protocol in 2021; the platform now only has a runaway till Q4 2022. Due to this reason, the development team believes in shutting down Ren1.0 at the earliest.

Today the protocol posted an announcement on Twitter urging users to withdraw funds from the protocol ASAP or risk losing their funds. There is a frustrating sentiment amongst the community.

The Community Expresses Frustration as Millions in User Funds are at Risk

According to data from DefiLlama, the Ren Protocol has over $35 million in Total Value Locked (TVL), which consists of over $31 million in the Ethereum network. 

As the Ren bridge doesn’t require users to submit their email id, social media is the only means through which the team can communicate this update. The community heavily criticized Ren stating that those who are not active on social media are getting “rug-pulled.” 

Some users question blockchain technology in general, stating that they never lost funds when banks upgraded their servers. At the same time, others doubt on decentralization of the Ren protocol for making such sudden decisions.

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