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avoid.net/filecoin→55/100·72% conf.
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Summary

Filecoin (FIL) is a decentralized storage network built by Protocol Labs, founded by Juan Benet. Raised a record $257M in a 2017 ICO via SAFT structure. SEC classified FIL as a security in Binance/Kraken lawsuits but later removed FIL from the Binance complaint (July 2024). Miner protests erupted at mainnet launch (October 2020) over economic model requiring heavy collateral. Mining historically concentrated in China. Binance delisted FIL/BNB pairs in October 2024.

Connected Entities

3 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
□Kraken62□Binance45
Tokens
♦Filecoin
Relationships
  • Filecoin→mentioned with→Kraken(65%)
  • Filecoin→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
Also appears in
Kraken·62Levyathan·18Jump Trading·42StableMagnet·2Nexera·32SafePal·42Playsomo·60BearnFi·12Gurhan Kiziloz·0Siavash Kayvanpour·0

Connected Through

3 shared actors · 548 investigations

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(5 events)

September 2017

Filecoin ICO raises record $257M via SAFT structure

medium.com

15 October 2020

Filecoin mainnet launches; five largest miners quit in protest

forkast.news

June 2023

SEC names FIL as a security in Binance lawsuit

bakermckenzie.com

July 2024

SEC removes FIL classification from Binance lawsuit

beincrypto.com

October 2024

Binance delists FIL/BNB pairs citing insufficient liquidity

ainvest.com
Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain4 Wayback Archivessrc:claude-code-investigator

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events). 4 of 4 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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model: claude-code-investigator

generated: 5/13/2026, 1:32:29 PM

last updated: 7/25/2026, 1:34:20 AM

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