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"Nigeria’s Nestcoin held funds from its investors on stricken FTX exchange"

2022-11-16 [vendor] Nestcoin layoffs
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Incident Details

Nestcoin, a Nigerian startup that both builds and invests products they hope will “democratis[e] access to economic opportunity for everyday people in frontier markets”, has announced that they will lay off more than 50% of their nearly 100 employees. Remaining employees will see their pay slashed by 40%, and the company CEO plans to take no compensation at all.Nestcoin had nearly all of the funds remaining from their $6.45 million funding round locked in FTX — approximately $4 million.

Technical Details

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Nestcoin layoffs

Timeline

  1. 2022-11-16 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-11-16 Publicly disclosed