The Ice Open Network, a creature wearing the mask of a benevolent startup, invited the public to a formal confession this week. The CEO spoke with the gravity of a man who has misplaced his pension, yet the crowd remained as divided as a street in a political sermon-some pity, many accuse, and none quite convinced.
What the CEO Said Happened
According to the CEO, the ION crash did not spring from the core troupe’s selling. For more than four years, the enterprise lived in a bankless Moscow of its own, bargaining with service providers whose loyalty was paid in tokens-fuel for development, marketing, and operations in exchange for appointed slices of the sacred ION loaf.
When the market turned its back, one long-term patronlost confidence, waited for its tokens to unlock, and departed by selling its entire stake. That single exit tore the gossamer of belief and dragged the price down with it like a rag on a windy street.
The CEO also disclosed that the project has spent nearly $18 million to date, with monthly expenses hovering around $400,000. The core team took no salaries. A substantial portion of the token supply vanished into exchange listings, liquidity provisions, and promotional storms-expenses the CEO says are far larger than most villagers realise.
The project still clings to over 1 billion tokens, but the council now weighs cutting costs and selling some tokens to keep the machine from sputtering and coughing into oblivion.
His statement ended with a conditional pledge.
“We will watch the coming days carefully and assess whether there is enough confidence and momentum for us to continue building. If there is, we will keep going. If there is not, we will be forced to consider shutting the project down. And if that happens, I want to be clear: we will burn our remaining tokens, not sell them.”
The History That Makes the Explanation Hard to Accept
The CEO has also faced serious accusations before this incident entered the stage.
In 2018, a project associated with him reportedly raised approximately $43 million in an ICO that left investors with significant losses. In 2025, he launched multiple Tap2Mine ventures that reportedly generated around 500 million ICE tokens, later migrated into ION through fees. A public promise was made to burn these tokens. That burn never happened.
Two days before the ION crash became public, the price collapsed heavily. Shortly after, the shutdown announcement followed, as if the theater curtains had finally fallen on a tragedy nobody wanted to finish.
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2026-04-13 13:22