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Phoenix Wallet, a major Bitcoin wallet designed for Lightning Network payments, has announced that it will be removed from US app stores on May 3rd, 2024. US users are advised to empty their wallets.
The instructions are as follows: Android users should navigate to settings to “close channels,” whereas iOS users should select “drain wallet” under their settings. The company strongly discourages force-closing channels due to potentially significant on-chain fees.
The decision to remove Phoenix Wallet from US app stores came without a disclosed reason but follows the recent indictment of Samourai Wallet founders by US federal prosecutors.
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Samourai Wallet, also a Bitcoin wallet, has been involved in facilitating more than $100 million in transactions from illegal dark web markets, leading to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Phoenix Wallet’s parent company, Acinq, operates the second-largest Lightning Network node with a capacity of 480.38 BTC, valued at approximately $30.68 million across 2,007 channels.
The removal of Phoenix Wallet from US app stores has been met with considerable dissatisfaction within the crypto community, reflecting growing concerns about the regulatory environment in the US.
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