Last week was a rough week for crypto. Will this week be any better? We’ll check in with three coins to see how they’re doing.
Although many coins are down at the moment, NEM (XEM), Cardano (ADA), and Dash are all currently up.
NEM (XEM)
NEM is currently selling for $0.386898, putting the coin up 10.09% in the past 24 hours.
Source: CoinMarketCapOn January 26th, 2018, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck was hacked and about $534 million worth of NEM was stolen. Coincheck authorities quickly released a statement that they would ensure the hack victims were repaid for their losses, and this promise has been repeated several times since. Now, Coincheck is following through, releasing a press release today confirming the payback is happening today.
The press release states that those users in possession of NEM on Coincheck that day at 23:59:59 JST will be repaid 88.5 Japanese yen (approximately US$0.83) for every one NEM they held at the time. It’s possible, therefore, that those that are being repaid are now using the money to repurchase NEM, which could explain why it’s currently up.