{"investigation":{"slug":"edgex-edge-token","entity_name":"EdgeX / EDGE Token","trust_score":24,"severity_base":26,"score_modifier":-1.68,"confidence":0.75,"status":"published","content_type":"investigation","summary":"edgeX is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange incubated by Amber Group, whose native EDGE token launched at a Token Generation Event on 31 March 2026. A post-launch airdrop drew allegations of insider and partner concentration, and on 1-2 June 2026 the token fell roughly 70-77% within hours, erasing over $220 million in market value. edgeX attributed the crash to deliberate manipulation by an unidentified external party and denies involvement, while on-chain investigator ZachXBT alleged that a few insiders controlled a thin float; the allegations are unproven, edgeX has not disclosed its market-maker agreements, and no regulatory action had been reported by early June 2026.","sections":[{"content":"edgeX is a decentralized perpetual derivatives exchange combining off-chain order matching with on-chain settlement, targeting sub-10 millisecond execution and up to 100x leverage with self-custody through forced-withdrawal contracts. It is incubated by Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based digital asset management and market-making firm. Accounts differ on its history: one dates its formal establishment to March 2024 with a testnet and V1 launch in August 2024, another to 2023 with a public debut in November 2024. One account describes a StarkEx Layer 2 design using zero-knowledge rollups settling on Ethereum; another describes its own EDGE Chain, an Ethereum-based Layer 2, and reports that a V2 upgrade built on the EDGE Chain moves all trading on-chain across 40 pairs including equity and commodity derivatives. Reported usage figures include more than 295,000 users, about $5 billion daily volume and about $1 billion open interest as of early 2026, and, in another account, about $438 million total value locked, over 154,000 registered users and an all-time-high monthly volume of $167.2 billion in November 2025, ranking it among the top five perpetual DEXs. The team numbers around 40 and is described as having backgrounds at Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Goldman Sachs and Bybit (Huobi in one account); most members reportedly use pseudonymous handles. Investors include Amber Group (a pre-seed round reportedly around December 2024, size undisclosed), Circle Ventures and Fidenza Capital. Circle Ventures' strategic investment was announced ahead of the EDGE token launch (dated 10 February 2026 in one account, approximately January 2026 in another), with plans for native USDC and Circle's CCTP on the EDGE Chain; co-founder Kevin Wang declined to reveal the structure, valuation or whether Circle took a board seat. Neither Amber Group nor Circle Ventures had publicly addressed the controversy as of 3 June 2026.","heading":"Platform Background and Funding","sources":[{"url":"https://coinbureau.com/review/what-is-edgex-exchange","name":"What Is EdgeX Exchange: Complete Beginners Guide - Coin Bureau","type":"research","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/389202/circle-ventures-edgex-token-launch-usdc-edge-chain","name":"Circle Ventures invests in edgeX ahead of token launch, plans USDC on EDGE Chain - The Block","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/09/13/2946170/0/en/edgeX-The-Disruptor-of-the-Centralized-Derivatives-Trading-Landscape.html","name":"edgeX: The Disruptor of the Centralized Derivatives Trading Landscape - GlobeNewswire","type":"official","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/386700/edgex-where-mobile-traders-meet-institutional-liquidity","name":"edgeX: Where Mobile Traders Meet Institutional Liquidity - The Block","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/blog/what-is-edgex-and-how-to-buy-edge","name":"What Is edgeX and How to Buy EDGE? - KuCoin","type":"other","credibility":2},{"url":"https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/amber-group-backed-perp-dex-edgex-to-launch-token-on-march-31","name":"Amber Group-Backed Perp DEX edgeX to Launch Token on March 31 - The Defiant","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://yellow.com/news/circle-ventures-backs-perpetual-futures-platform-edgex-plans-usdc-on-edge-chain","name":"Circle Ventures Backs Perpetual Futures Platform edgeX - Yellow.com","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptorank.io/ico/edgex","name":"edgeX Funding Rounds - CryptoRank","type":"other","credibility":3}],"severity":"low"},{"content":"The EDGE token launched at its Token Generation Event (TGE) on 31 March 2026 with a hard-capped supply of 1 billion tokens and an official initial circulating supply of about 350 million (35%): 25% from a Genesis airdrop, unlocked at launch, and 5% from a Pre-TGE Season, unlocked after 24 hours. One account states the token opened at about $0.73 and launched on the Base network. Listings on OKX and Kraken followed in early May 2026. Soon after the airdrop, on-chain data surfaced by Arkham Intelligence and analysts including Onchainschool raised concerns. On-chain analytics allegedly showed about $195 million of EDGE concentrated in wallets linked to the team, with roughly $90 million sent to more than 80 fresh addresses. About 14% of total supply (141,658,500 EDGE, worth about $94.6 million, or roughly 140 million tokens in other coverage) was allegedly directed to partners and liquidity providers rather than community users, nearly half of the declared airdrop; an additional 7% reportedly remained in the airdrop wallet. Some analysts alleged that about 69.5% of supply (695 million tokens) sat in 52 insider-controlled wallets and that only about 9.5% was genuinely in open-market circulation. Investigators also documented over 80 interconnected addresses, created 4-10 days before TGE and gas-funded from major exchange hot wallets, that collectively claimed about 180 million EDGE at per-point values above $100 while ordinary users received under $2 per point. The team allegedly disabled comments on its X account, deleted Telegram and Discord posts and removed users who voiced concerns. In response, edgeX moved the disputed 141,658,500 EDGE into an OpenZeppelin-audited VestingWallet contract with a one-year lock (unlock about April 2027) and launched a buyback-and-burn programme funded by trading fees, reportedly burning over $2 million of EDGE. Community reaction to these steps was mixed, with continued scepticism about the original distribution. The token also corrected about 25% in April 2026.","heading":"EDGE Token Launch and Airdrop Controversy","sources":[{"url":"https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/edgex-airdrop-195m-distribution-sparks-transparency-scam-debate","name":"Is EdgeX Airdrop A Scam? Insider Allocation Revealed - CoinGabbar","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://ambcrypto.com/195m-edgex-airdrop-under-fire-what-it-means-for-edge-prices/amp/","name":"$195M EdgeX airdrop sparks backlash: What it means for EDGE prices - AMBCrypto","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.gate.com/news/detail/arkham-edgex-airdrops-195-million-with-nearly-half-of-the-tokens-flowing-to-19951908","name":"EdgeX Airdrop Controversy: $195M EDGE Token Distribution Sparks Community Backlash - Gate News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.panewslab.com/en/articles/019d46fe-51b3-735c-82e5-21c5249c86fb","name":"The EdgeX airdrop has been accused of sending nearly half of its supply to partners and LPs - PANews","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/bitcoin+world+news-epaper-btcinwld/edgex+launches+crucial+edge+token+buyback+initiative+following+distribution+controversy-newsid-n706870038","name":"EdgeX Launches Crucial EDGE Token Buyback Initiative Following Distribution Controversy - Dailyhunt","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://www.mexc.com/news/996487","name":"edgeX EDGE Token Lockup: 14% Supply Freeze - MEXC News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.odaily.news/en/post/5210044","name":"Review of the edgeX Airdrop: From Wash Trading to Harvesting - Odaily","type":"research","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto.news/edgex-set-to-launch-edge-token-amid-transparency-concerns/","name":"edgeX set to launch $EDGE token amid transparency concerns - crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/blog/what-is-edgex-and-how-to-buy-edge","name":"What Is edgeX and How to Buy EDGE? - KuCoin","type":"other","credibility":2},{"url":"https://coinbureau.com/review/what-is-edgex-exchange","name":"What Is EdgeX Exchange: Complete Beginners Guide - Coin Bureau","type":"research","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/","name":"EDGE Crashes 77% as edgeX Blames Manipulation, ZachXBT Demands Transparency - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"From about 9:00 p.m. UTC on 1 June 2026 (2 June in UTC+8), EDGE fell from roughly $1.14-1.26 to a low of about $0.31-0.37 across Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Gate.io and edgeX's own perpetual markets, a drop reported as 77% within roughly 60 seconds in one account and as 70-77% within hours in others (headline figures in coverage ranged from 47% to 77%). Over $220 million of market value was erased, from a peak market capitalisation of about $440 million; a brief bounce to about $0.72 did not hold. Combined sales exceeded $140 million within one hour and 24-hour volume rose about 1,645% to roughly $138 million. Liquidations totalled about $2.81 million ($1.96 million longs, $849,000 shorts), described as occurring in the first four hours in one account and the first hour, affecting over 3,840 traders, in another. Forensic on-chain analysis identified 174 wallets executing coordinated sell orders within one 60-second window; the main PancakeSwap pool held only about $1.25 million. The initial on-chain sell-off triggered a 23% drop that cascaded into perpetual-market liquidations amid a reported 68.2% long-short skew. On-chain analyst givenoxbt separately identified about $1.6 million withdrawn from edgeX's SpotVault, describing it as a 'market maker farewell treatment'. EDGE had reached an all-time high of about $1.54 on 22 May 2026 and traded near $0.62 on 3 June 2026, about 50% below its pre-crash level.","heading":"June 2026 Flash Crash","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/04/60-seconds-174-wallets-77-edge-crash-edgex-drops-payback-plan/","name":"60 Seconds, 174 Wallets, 77% EDGE Crash: edgeX Drops Payback Plan - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/","name":"EDGE Crashes 77% as edgeX Blames Manipulation, ZachXBT Demands Transparency - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/edgex-blames-external-party-for-token-crash-as-zachxbt-points-to-insider-manipulation","name":"EdgeX blames external party for token crash as ZachXBT alleges insider manipulation - CoinTelegraph","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://crypto.news/edge-token-crashes-as-zachxbt-questions-insider-control/","name":"EDGE token crashes as ZachXBT questions insider control - crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:892b00b0a094b:0-edgex-blames-external-party-for-token-crash-as-zachxbt-alleges-insider-manipulation/","name":"EdgeX blames external party for token crash as ZachXBT alleges insider manipulation - CoinTelegraph via TradingView","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/edge-token-plummets-77-amid-suspected-market-manipulation","name":"EDGE Token Drops 77% Amid Suspected Market Manipulation - KuCoin","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://coinpedia.org/news/edge-token-crashes-74-in-hours-as-zachxbt-questions-market-manipulation-claims/","name":"EDGE Token Crashes 74% in Hours as ZachXBT Questions Market Manipulation Claims - CoinPedia","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.mexc.co/en-IN/news/1125098","name":"ZachXBT challenges EdgeX explanation after EDGE token drops 70% - MEXC News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/edgex/","name":"edgeX price today, EDGE to USD live price, marketcap and chart - CoinMarketCap","type":"other","credibility":2},{"url":"https://incrypted.com/en/edge-token-crashes-70-in-an-hour-team-denies-hack-zachxbt-points-to-insiders/","name":"EDGE token plunged 70% in an hour: the team denies a hack, and ZachXBT blames insiders - Incrypted","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"On-chain investigator ZachXBT challenged the team's narrative, stating that 'we all know EdgeX supply was being controlled by a few insiders with a low float', and demanded that edgeX 'name the counterparties / MM agreements'. He argued that only 350 million of 1 billion tokens were in circulation, leaving over 650 million (65%) in locked or insider-controlled positions. After edgeX published its incident report, he responded: 'We investigated ourselves and did not find ourselves guilty even though we control nearly the entire supply.' ZachXBT compared the pattern to tokens he had previously investigated, namely RAVE, RIVER, SIREN and LAB, which he described as sharing insider-controlled supply, opaque market-making agreements, coordinated exchange activity and sharp crashes that transferred value from retail holders; in a separate investigation he alleged LAB was about 95% insider-controlled and that Bitget knowingly enabled market makers to run supply-control schemes. The on-chain airdrop data (about 69.5% in insider-affiliated wallets, about 9.5% in genuine circulation) is consistent with his thesis, although his public statements on edgeX did not include a quantified on-chain breakdown. These are third-party allegations that have not been independently adjudicated. edgeX denied them: 'edgeX had no involvement in this incident. Our team's token allocations remained entirely unchanged throughout the event.'","heading":"ZachXBT Allegations of Insider Supply Control","sources":[{"url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/edgex-blames-external-party-for-token-crash-as-zachxbt-points-to-insider-manipulation","name":"EdgeX blames external party for token crash as ZachXBT alleges insider manipulation - CoinTelegraph","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/","name":"EDGE Crashes 77% as edgeX Blames Manipulation, ZachXBT Demands Transparency - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptopotato.com/we-investigated-ourselves-zachxbt-slams-edgex-after-sudden-token-collapse/","name":"We Investigated Ourselves: ZachXBT Slams EdgeX After Sudden Token Collapse - CryptoPotato","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto.news/edge-token-crashes-as-zachxbt-questions-insider-control/","name":"EDGE token crashes as ZachXBT questions insider control - crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.mexc.co/en-IN/news/1125098","name":"ZachXBT challenges EdgeX explanation after EDGE token drops 70% - MEXC News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/zachxbt-bitget-supply-control-manipulation-rave-river-siren-lab-2026/","name":"ZachXBT Names RAVE, RIVER, SIREN, and LAB as Victims of Bitget-Enabled Market Maker Fraud - Bitcoin.com News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/05/14/zachxbt-alleges-95-lab-token-are-controlled-by-insiders/","name":"ZachXBT Alleges 95% LAB Token Are Controlled by Insiders - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/401290/zachxbt-alleges-95-insider-control-of-lab-token-in-investigation-into-ai-terminals-6-billion-fdv-project","name":"ZachXBT Alleges 95% insider control of LAB token - The Block","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"edgeX acknowledged abnormal price movement at about 6:06 a.m. UTC on 2 June 2026 and stated at about 7:06 a.m. UTC that no security breach had occurred, saying 'The edgeX protocol was not compromised in any way' and attributing the crash to 'deliberate attempts by certain external party to manipulate the market price of EDGE'. It characterised the event as a 'market integrity issue' and said it was working with exchanges to identify those responsible; one account lists Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget and Gate.io. Reports differ on the incident report: according to NullTX, AMBCrypto and others, edgeX published a full report on about 3 June citing three structural factors (thin DEX liquidity, with the main PancakeSwap pool near $1.25 million; crowded longs at a 68.2% long-short ratio; and shallow centralized-exchange order books producing cascading liquidations), and said that OKX, Bybit, Bitget and Bithumb returned preliminary forensic findings of no selling, manipulation or misconduct by the edgeX team and that two institutional liquidity-provider partners conducted independent reviews. Another account states that as of 3 June 2026 edgeX had not published the promised report or disclosed trading data supporting its manipulation claim. In either case edgeX has not named the alleged external party and has declined to disclose its market-maker agreements, insider token allocations or counterparty identities despite community pressure.","heading":"edgeX Official Response and Self-Investigation","sources":[{"url":"https://nulltx.com/edgex-publishes-incident-report-after-edge-token-crashes-71-offers-200000-bounty/","name":"EdgeX Publishes Incident Report After EDGE Token Crashes 71%, Offers $200,000 Bounty - NullTX","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://ambcrypto.com/edgex-says-exchanges-found-no-manipulation-behind-71-edge-flash-crash/","name":"edgeX says exchanges found no manipulation behind 71% EDGE flash crash - AMBCrypto","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/edgex-promises-affected-users-refunds/","name":"edgeX promises affected users refunds in denial of role in EDGE collapse - Cryptopolitan","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/edgex-blames-external-party-for-token-crash-as-zachxbt-points-to-insider-manipulation","name":"EdgeX blames external party for token crash as ZachXBT alleges insider manipulation - CoinTelegraph","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/","name":"EDGE Crashes 77% as edgeX Blames Manipulation, ZachXBT Demands Transparency - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:892b00b0a094b:0-edgex-blames-external-party-for-token-crash-as-zachxbt-alleges-insider-manipulation/","name":"EdgeX blames external party for token crash as ZachXBT alleges insider manipulation - CoinTelegraph via TradingView","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.weex.com/news/detail/edgex-edge-token-experiences-abnormal-price-fluctuations-investigation-underway-bkp7chjesd49gilvd1t9sw8q","name":"edgeX EDGE Token Experiences Abnormal Price Fluctuations, Investigation Underway - WEEX","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"After its incident report edgeX introduced a voluntary goodwill compensation programme for users whose EDGE long positions were liquidated or stop-losses triggered between 04:50 and 06:00 UTC+8 on 2 June 2026. Compensation has two parts: 50% of verified realised losses in USDC within seven days of claim validation, and 50% in EDGE in the first week of April 2027, priced at a seven-day TWAP. edgeX stated that the payments are not an admission of liability. They are capped at 100,000 USDC per account, which critics noted would leave large holders substantially uncompensated. edgeX also announced a 200,000 USDC on-chain bounty for verifiable information identifying the wallets or entities behind the alleged attack. As of 4 June 2026 The Crypto Times reported the payback plan's status as contested and the investigation unresolved.","heading":"Compensation Programme and Bounty","sources":[{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/403567/edgex-offers-refunds-200000-usdc-bounty-71-token-flash-crash","name":"EdgeX offers refunds and launches 200,000 USDC bounty after 71% token flash crash - The Block","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://crypto.news/edgex-offers-usdc-payments-after-edge-liquidations-spark-scrutiny/","name":"EdgeX offers USDC payments after EDGE liquidations spark scrutiny - crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/04/60-seconds-174-wallets-77-edge-crash-edgex-drops-payback-plan/","name":"60 Seconds, 174 Wallets, 77% EDGE Crash: edgeX Drops Payback Plan - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"EDGE has a hard-capped supply of 1 billion tokens, of which about 350 million (35%) were officially in circulation after TGE. The remaining roughly 650 million (65%) were locked, allocated among the team, investors, partners and future ecosystem incentives. The project has not publicly disclosed market-maker agreements, institutional liquidity provider identities, vesting schedules or a counterparty breakdown of locked allocations. At about $0.62 in early June 2026 the circulating market capitalisation was about $217 million against a fully diluted valuation above $600 million; at pre-crash prices near $1.20 the FDV was about $1.2 billion, roughly 3.4 times a market capitalisation of about $350 million. The on-chain finding that only about 9.5% of supply was in genuine open-market circulation, rather than 35%, implies a structurally thin float. Researchers also flagged over $1 billion in open interest against about $200 million in TVL and consistently high volumes with almost no significant liquidations in earlier volatile periods as potentially inconsistent with organic trading. Figures are approximate and change continuously.","heading":"Token Supply Structure and Transparency Concerns","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/","name":"EDGE Crashes 77% as edgeX Blames Manipulation, ZachXBT Demands Transparency - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/edgex/","name":"edgeX price today, EDGE to USD live price, marketcap and chart - CoinMarketCap","type":"other","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/blog/what-is-edgex-and-how-to-buy-edge","name":"What Is edgeX and How to Buy EDGE? - KuCoin","type":"other","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:892b00b0a094b:0-edgex-blames-external-party-for-token-crash-as-zachxbt-alleges-insider-manipulation/","name":"EdgeX blames external party for token crash as ZachXBT alleges insider manipulation - CoinTelegraph via TradingView","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.odaily.news/en/post/5210044","name":"Review of the edgeX Airdrop: From Wash Trading to Harvesting - Odaily","type":"research","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Community response to the crash and incident report has been sharply negative, with many commenters holding the team responsible despite its denials. EDGE's market-cap rank fell from about #126 to #136 and the token stayed roughly 50% below its pre-crash level days later. Analysts compared the combination of concentrated supply, opaque market-maker relationships, thin float and unlocked overhang with other alleged manipulated perpetual-DEX tokens; this is a pattern comparison, not a factual equivalence, and edgeX's role (victim, negligent party or actor) has not been established by any independent investigation. As of 3-4 June 2026 no regulator had publicly opened an investigation or filed action, the alleged external party had not been identified, the market-maker agreements were undisclosed, no independent accounting of the 80-plus-wallet cluster that allegedly collected about 180 million EDGE had been provided, and the gap between the stated 35% circulating supply and the observed 9.5% float had not been addressed.","heading":"Community Reaction, Regulatory Status and Open Questions","sources":[{"url":"https://nulltx.com/edgex-token-crashes-47-in-hours-as-zachxbt-accuses-insiders-of-market-manipulation/","name":"EdgeX Token Crashes 47% in Hours as ZachXBT Accuses Insiders of Market Manipulation - NullTX","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://incrypted.com/en/edge-token-crashes-70-in-an-hour-team-denies-hack-zachxbt-points-to-insiders/","name":"EDGE token plunged 70% in an hour: the team denies a hack, and ZachXBT blames insiders - Incrypted","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://coinpedia.org/news/edge-token-crashes-74-in-hours-as-zachxbt-questions-market-manipulation-claims/","name":"EDGE Token Crashes 74% in Hours as ZachXBT Questions Market Manipulation Claims - CoinPedia","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto.news/edge-token-crashes-as-zachxbt-questions-insider-control/","name":"EDGE token crashes as ZachXBT questions insider control - crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/","name":"EDGE Crashes 77% as edgeX Blames Manipulation, ZachXBT Demands Transparency - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/04/60-seconds-174-wallets-77-edge-crash-edgex-drops-payback-plan/","name":"60 Seconds, 174 Wallets, 77% EDGE Crash: edgeX Drops Payback Plan - The Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2023","event":"edgeX Exchange formally established, incubated by Amber Group (per one account; another dates establishment to March 2024).","source":"Coin Bureau","source_url":"https://coinbureau.com/review/what-is-edgex-exchange"},{"date":"2024-03","event":"edgeX formally established, incubated by Amber Group (per one account; another dates it to 2023).","source":"Coin Bureau / The Block","source_url":"https://coinbureau.com/review/what-is-edgex-exchange"},{"date":"2024-08","event":"edgeX launches testnet and V1 mainnet.","source":"GlobeNewswire","source_url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/09/13/2946170/0/en/edgeX-The-Disruptor-of-the-Centralized-Derivatives-Trading-Landscape.html"},{"date":"2024-11","event":"edgeX publicly launches (per The Block) and begins accumulating users and TVL.","source":"The Block","source_url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/386700/edgex-where-mobile-traders-meet-institutional-liquidity"},{"date":"2024-12","event":"Amber Group leads a pre-seed investment round in edgeX (amount undisclosed).","source":"CryptoRank","source_url":"https://cryptorank.io/ico/edgex"},{"date":"2025-11","event":"edgeX reports an all-time-high monthly trading volume of $167.2 billion, ranking among the top five perpetual DEXs.","source":"Coin Bureau","source_url":"https://coinbureau.com/review/what-is-edgex-exchange"},{"date":"2026-02","event":"10 February 2026 (another account says approximately January 2026): Circle Ventures announces a strategic investment in edgeX ahead of the EDGE token launch, with plans for native USDC on the EDGE Chain.","source":"The Block","source_url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/389202/circle-ventures-edgex-token-launch-usdc-edge-chain"},{"date":"2026-03","event":"31 March 2026: EDGE launches at TGE with 350 million of 1 billion tokens in stated circulation and a Genesis airdrop of 25% of supply; one account says the token opened at about $0.73 on Base.","source":"The Crypto Times / Coin Bureau","source_url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/"},{"date":"2026-04","event":"Arkham Intelligence and on-chain analysts surface data alleging $195 million of airdropped EDGE concentrated in team-linked wallets, with about $90 million sent to 80+ fresh addresses; community backlash begins.","source":"Gate News / AMBCrypto","source_url":"https://www.gate.com/news/detail/arkham-edgex-airdrops-195-million-with-nearly-half-of-the-tokens-flowing-to-19951908"},{"date":"2026-04","event":"edgeX responds to the backlash by locking 141,658,500 EDGE (14% of supply; about 140 million in other accounts) in an OpenZeppelin-audited VestingWallet for one year and launching a buyback-and-burn programme.","source":"CoinGabbar / AMBCrypto","source_url":"https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/edgex-airdrop-195m-distribution-sparks-transparency-scam-debate"},{"date":"2026-04","event":"EDGE corrects about 25% in a first major drawdown after the TGE controversy.","source":"The Crypto Times","source_url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/02/edge-crashes-77-as-edgex-blames-manipulation-zachxbt-demands-transparency/"},{"date":"2026-05","event":"EDGE lists on OKX and Kraken.","source":"KuCoin Blog","source_url":"https://www.kucoin.com/blog/what-is-edgex-and-how-to-buy-edge"},{"date":"2026-05","event":"22 May 2026: EDGE reaches an all-time high of about $1.54.","source":"MEXC News","source_url":"https://www.mexc.co/en-IN/news/1125098"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"1 June 2026, from about 9:00 p.m. UTC: EDGE falls from about $1.14-1.26 to about $0.31-0.37 (a 70-77% decline), with 174 wallets reportedly executing coordinated sells in one 60-second window; over $220 million of market value is erased and about $2.81 million is liquidated; the crash spreads across Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget and Gate.io markets.","source":"The Crypto Times","source_url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/04/60-seconds-174-wallets-77-edge-crash-edgex-drops-payback-plan/"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"2 June 2026: edgeX acknowledges abnormal price movement (about 6:06 a.m. UTC), states no security breach occurred (about 7:06 a.m. UTC) and attributes the crash to deliberate manipulation by an unidentified external party; ZachXBT publicly disputes this and demands disclosure of market-maker agreements.","source":"CoinTelegraph / crypto.news","source_url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/edgex-blames-external-party-for-token-crash-as-zachxbt-points-to-insider-manipulation"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"3 June 2026: according to NullTX and The Block, edgeX publishes its incident report, announces a 200,000 USDC bounty and a goodwill compensation programme capped at 100,000 USDC per account; 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Another account states the report had not been published by this date. EDGE trades near $0.62, about 50% below its pre-crash level.","source":"NullTX / CryptoPotato / CoinMarketCap","source_url":"https://nulltx.com/edgex-publishes-incident-report-after-edge-token-crashes-71-offers-200000-bounty/"},{"date":"2026-06","event":"4 June 2026: the investigation into the alleged external attack remains unresolved with no responsible parties named; the payback plan status is disputed and edgeX has not disclosed market-maker agreements or detailed insider allocations.","source":"The Crypto Times","source_url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/04/60-seconds-174-wallets-77-edge-crash-edgex-drops-payback-plan/"}],"sources_used":[{"url":"https://coinbureau.com/review/what-is-edgex-exchange","name":"What Is EdgeX Exchange: Complete Beginners Guide - Coin Bureau","type":"research","archive_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260418100444/https://coinbureau.com/review/what-is-edgex-exchange","credibility":2,"archive_timestamp":"2026-04-18T10:04:44+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/389202/circle-ventures-edgex-token-launch-usdc-edge-chain","name":"Circle Ventures invests in edgeX ahead of token launch, plans USDC on EDGE Chain - The Block","type":"news_article","archive_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20260211221507/https://www.theblock.co/post/389202/circle-ventures-edgex-token-launch-usdc-edge-chain","credibility":2,"archive_timestamp":"2026-02-11T22:15:07+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/09/13/2946170/0/en/edgeX-The-Disruptor-of-the-Centralized-Derivatives-Trading-Landscape.html","name":"edgeX: The Disruptor of the Centralized Derivatives Trading Landscape - GlobeNewswire","type":"official","archive_url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250919062654/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/09/13/2946170/0/en/edgeX-The-Disruptor-of-the-Centralized-Derivatives-Trading-Landscape.html","credibility":2,"archive_timestamp":"2025-09-19T06:26:54+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/edgex-airdrop-195m-distribution-sparks-transparency-scam-debate","name":"Is EdgeX Airdrop A Scam? 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