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COMPANY INFORMATION - POLINEX, LLC
POLONIEX, LLC is a digital asset exchange based in the United States. It solely allows crypto to crypto exchanges and support a wide variety of digital assets. Founded in January 2014, Poloniex offers a secure trading environment and provides charts and data analysis tools to their users.
COMPANY OWNERSHIP
POLONIEX, LLC is currently listed as having three CEO’s, Tristan D’Agosta, Jules Kim and Michael Demopoulos.
PROFILE - CEO TRISTAN D’AGOSTA of POLONIEX, LLC
Tristan D’Agosta is the current Chief Executive Officer of Poloniex - the digital asset exchange.
Please view here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristandagosta
PROFILE - CEO JULES KIM of POLONIEX, LLC
Jules Kim the current Chief Executive Officer of Poloniex - the digital asset exchange.
Source: (Please view Linkedin account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julesboston/)
PROFILE - CEO MICHAEL DEMOPOULOS of POLONIEX, LLC
Micheal Demopoulos is the current Chief Executive Officer of Poloniex - the digital asset exchange.
Source: (Please view Linkedin account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-d-a947221/)
COMPANY OWNERSHIP - OPHELIX, INC
Besides being owner of Poloniex, Tristan D’Agosta is also an Executive Officer of Ophelix, Inc. Similarly to Poloniex, it is based in Massachusetts. Upon further inspection, it is stated that besides D’Agosta. Kim Julie and Michael Demopoulos are declared to be executive officers of Ophelix, Inc.
Source: http://www.whogotfunded.com/deals/418983-ophelix-inc
In the case of Julie Kim, the name coincides similarly with Jules Kim, who as indicated above as one of the Chief Executive Officers at Poloniex, Inc. Jules Kim herself has officially delivered communication on behalf of Poloniex on certain occasions.
The final company owner of Ophelix, LLC is Michael Demopoulos. An initial web search, doesn’t reveal much about the the social identity, of Michael Demopoulos however, we were able to find out that much like in the case of Julie Kim which potentially refer to Jules Kim, Michael Demopoulos could also refer to Michael D. profile on LinkedIn.
INDUSTRY GROUP
Both Poloniex, LLC and Ophelix, Inc. are classified as being in the same Industry Group of Other Technology Travel. Beyond this, there is not much else known about Ophelix, Inc.
Source 1 - Poloniex LLC:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1671423/000167142316000003/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml
Source 2 - Ophelix, Inc: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1672240/000167224016000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml
FUNDING
Initially, there was a private fundraising on April 18th, 2016 for Ophelix, Inc which raised an undisclosed amount in funds. The amount being undisclosed is in itself not admitted or disclosed for public record.
HISTORICAL ISSUES OF POLONIEX.COM
Poloniex historical performance has not been so smooth. At one time it was seen as one the most secured and advanced digital asset exchange that was available. Albeit, that they were plagued by certain issues:
HACKED
In March 2014, Poloniex was hacked and they had lost 12.3% of their total bitcoin supply in an attack. For more on the incident If you want to know more about this incident then Coindesk has already written an article that you can read, here.
OUTAGES
Poloniex exchange has suffered from brief outages due to which as consequence certain altcoin prices have dropped significantly or they have lost substantial value for their market cap. Nonetheless, these outages have resulted in incurred losses for traders of the platform with unclear or unkept reparations for those affected.
FROZEN ACCOUNTS
User accounts being frozen without reasons being undisclosed are becoming more commonplace. While frozen these accounts cannot move funds, trade nor place loan orders. Users are also muted in the ‘trollbox’. The only action that can be performed is to open a support ticket in the case that users want to dispute their claim.