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Dutch court declares crypto platform Knaken bankrupt over mi|Cointelegraph
Dutch court declared crypto platform Knaken bankrupt after €7 million in customer assets went missing. The Rotterdam court ruled bankruptcy necessary to ensure orderly settlement as the company lacked sufficient assets to repay users.
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The Wire takeaway
If you're building a crypto exchange or custody platform in Europe, this ruling signals that national courts now treat missing customer funds as grounds for immediate bankruptcy—not civil recovery. You need segregated custody, real-time proof-of-reserves, and insurance before you launch in any EU jurisdiction.
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Topics: Fintech · crypto-bankruptcy · customer-funds-loss · regulatory-enforcement · platform-solvency