Nexo Says It Doesn’t Offer High Interest Rates

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Key Takeaways Nexo has defended itself against charges that were issued by various state regulators in the US yesterday. Regulators say that Nexo offered interest rates as high as 36% without informing customers of the risk. Nexo says that its promised interest rates are usually single-digit and not as high as regulators claim. Share this article

Nexo has defended itself against various US regulators by claiming it promises modest interest rates.

Nexo Says It Offers Nominal Rates

Nexo says that it doesn’t offer high interest rates.

In a statement, the company said that the interest rates on “the overwhelming majority” of its supported crypto assets are “in the single-digit percentages.”

It added that those rates are chosen with the “underlying sustainability of our business and security of customer assets in mind,” implying that it aims to offer low-risk products.

Nexo noted that it only promises interest as high as 36% for one asset—Axie Infinity’s AXS token. In fact, the staking reward on that asset is currently close to 60%.

It insists that such a high rate is an “exception” and that it does not advertise that rate in marketing materials.

By contrast, the company’s interest rate for Bitcoin is “nominal” and usually between 1.5% and 7%.

Nexo’s advertised interest rates are at the center of various states’ charges against the firm. Regulators in California, for example, cited Nexo’s “significantly higher” rates of return in order to suggest that the firm offered securities without fully informing its customers of the risks.

The question of whether Nexo serves US citizens is also under discussion. Today, the firm said that it no longer onboards new US clients to its Earn Interest Product following actions against BlockFi in February. It also said that it “stopped the product for new balances for existing clients.”

State regulators nevertheless claimed yesterday that 93,000 US residents hold $800 million in Nexo accounts.

The remainder of Nexo’s update is identical to statements seen yesterday. In response to various cease-and-desist orders, Nexo insisted that it is working with regulators and attempted to distinguish itself from its competitors.

Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author of this piece owned BTC, ETH, and other cryptocurrencies.

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