I didn't think you'd respond to my asking. Kudos to you, and thank you for the information. To be absolutely clear, you operate from the quoted address in Belize? And the Dutch address is only for receiving correspondence by mail? If somebody visits the Belize address, will they meet any member of your working staff or team?
No, our Belize office is our legal address which is necessary for company registration. A legal address signifies the fact that the company has been legitimately registered, and all is well.
Our Amsterdam address is our postal address where you can direct any official claims you might have by mail.
I understand you not being obligated to name your team members and working staff. Is there a good reason why you have chosen to hide this information? Because this is how it seems, and some might speculate it has everything to do with the recent scam accusations against you. Wouldn't it be better to come out in the open to deal with this head on? Instead of hiding in the shadows, as if you are afraid of something? As I understand it, this is the op's biggest problem with sending you his data.
If you have nothing to hide, and are an upstanding member of the crypto community, especially one that is demanding AML/KYC from users, you shouldn't have any problem disclosing who your founders and owners are. Hiding this information, raises a bright red flag and reeks of double standards, especially when you are asking the op to disclose his identity. But at the same time, you are not prepared to extend the same courtesy to the community.
Our team's main interest is developing great and convenient blockchain products and crypto services in peace, and publicity has never been in the scope of our work. Despite all that, we respect all the rules of the crypto world, and, when we were obligated to implement the KYC procedure, we did so without hesitation.
If publishing all the info about our founders and team members becomes mandatory, we will happily oblige.
There are people in our team who are in the public eye most of the time (me, for example, since this is my job as a marketing associate), but the rest of our team members are entitled to their privacy. Actually, I don't think there are that many blockchain complanies all of whose team members are out in the open. We certainly aren't one of those.
ow on earth is anybody going to meet your team members in a blockchain conference, when they have no idea who these people are? And which upcoming conferences, could you kindly provide a list? Thank you.
We aren't hermits sitting in a bunker, we are a normal company with a normal business and a number of partners; therefore, our team members attend various conferences. If you would like to have a chat with any of our team members, you are free to contact us via one of the previously mentioned sources and set up a meeting on a blockchain event, as normal market participants do.
Stands to reason, Kraken did the right thing by allowing you to withdraw your funds and then close your account. I am sure changenow will settle the issue with the OP by returning his funds without delay.
As for the refund - we can return ni23457's funds only once we've confirmed, once and for all, that we have the right to return them and that it won't land us in any legal trouble. We don't want any problems for ourselves.