Multichain token plunges 30% on backend upgrade delay
The MULTI protocol's TVL remains largely unchanged at $1.6 billion despite a large selloff in the token price. On May 24, the token price of cross-chain router protocol Multichain (MULTI) fell by 30% over 24 hours to trade at $4.97 at the time of publication. The selloff came after users reported that their multi-chain funds had not arrived due to a backend node upgrade "taking longer than expected." An admin in the Multichain Discord channel wrote: "Most routes are working as usual, as some routes (Kava, zkSync, Polygon zkEVM) are temporarily suspended. All affected transactions will arrive after the upgrade is complete. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused." At the same time, a wallet address linked to layer-1 blockchain developer Fantom Foundation reportedly removed 449,740 MULTI ($2.4 million) from liquidity on decentralized exchange SushiSwap. Rumors also appear to have fueled the selloff. In a tweet viewed over 300,000 times since publ...