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Full & Final Legal Statement From BigWhale.io: Please visit https://docs.bigwhale.io to read the full and final legal statement regarding the hacking incident of BigWhale.io which occurred on 3rd October 2023.

EMERGENCY CEASE AND DESIST ORDER BigWhale.io and its parent company, along with their affiliated business process outsourcing partners and outsourced staff, have been served an urgent from the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) (Order No. ENF-23-CDO-1876 Dated 4th October 2023) and an inquiry request from the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC). Links: https://ssb.texas.gov/news-publications/commissioner-stops-crypto-fraud-purportedly-linked-russian-government-assets https://ssb.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/ENF_23_CDO_1876.pdf In accordance with the official notification issued by the Securities Commissioner of the State of Texas and the TSSB, BigWhale.io hereby acknowledges its immediate and complete compliance with the Cease and Desist order from the TSSB and its commitment to full cooperation with the BCSC. Within two days of receiving the notice from the TSSB, dated 4th October, 2023, BigWhale.io announces the immediate cessation of all operations, effective immediately, and the discontinuation of services to customers in both the United States and Canada. Furthermore, in light of the aforementioned regulatory orders, both BigWhale.io and its parent company are terminating all operations indefinitely, with no intentions of relaunching or resuming business activities at any future point. Additionally, BigWhale.io commits to providing complete cooperation to the Texas SSB and BCSC, offering transparency in disclosing any requested legal information, which includes, but is not limited to, details about borrowers, business partners, full-time and outsourced staff, outsourced companies, customers, investors, marketers, social media influencers, and any other parties associated directly or indirectly with BigWhale.io or its parent company, whether as employees or as part-time or outsourced personnel. It is important to note that BigWhale.io has always maintained that investors invest no more than 5% of their savings in our protocol, or any other protocol, and that crypto or DeFi investments, or any market investments in general carry at least some degree of market risks and had published this disclaimer on its website and in other forms of communication since the day of its inception, a perspective that aligns with the observations made by Joe Rotunda, Enforcement Director at the Texas State Securities Board. Regarding the Refund Program that we had published prior to these regulatory notices coming to light, due to the nature of regulatory and legal circumstances surrounding this, we will be postponing the Refund Program indefinitely while we comply with regulatory and other authorities and fully resolve those issues, and ascertain the appropriate legal way forward in which we are to fulfill the refund obligation process in light of these regulatory notices and orders. Once again, BigWhale.io and its parent company emphasizes a full compliance to the aforementioned regulatory orders, and we hereby agree to cease and desist all operations, and as far as our Refund Program is concerned, that is also ceased and indefinitely postponed until further notice and further developments emerge related to these regulatory notices and orders, where we may be required to comply with any subsequent regulatory requests and orders, and disclose any requested legal information, which includes, but is not limited to, details about borrowers, customers / investors, business partners, full-time and outsourced staff, outsourced companies, marketers, social media influencers, and any other parties associated directly or indirectly with BigWhale.io or its parent company, whether as employees or as part-time or outsourced personnel.

Refund Program / Process Document has been published. We have published our Refund Program / Process Document and it is accessible at https://docs.bigwhale.io/ - and for a temporary time, it is also what you will see if you visit our main website BigWhale.io or the app page, app.bigwhale.io Please make sure you read the Refund Program Documentation fully, and you are welcome to ask any questions you have in this chat here. We apologize for the long time it took us to publish this Refund Program / Process documentation, rest assured, as stated in the docs, we will start processing refunds from October 9 2023 following our Refunds Priority Determination Model (RPDM) on a daily basis until all investors have their total deposits refunded back to them as detailed in the docs.

EMERGENCY UPDATE: Unfortunately, we suffered what seems to be a spoofing type or some other type of hack at about 2023-10-03 5:01:14 UTC, with one failed zApproveLoanGrant transaction, followed by a successful one - in addition to this, the 5% dev fees which were there in our dev / contract creator wallet were moved to an address - 0xe6964ba0483b24ca142515345d2dc58820992d7c Our own dev / contract creator address also ends in d1c - which is not similar to d7c, but there have been transaction spoofing attacks similar to this we're aware of in the past, where similar addresses are used to "snoop attack" a transaction - although at this point in time details remain unclear as we await our team to regroup in a few hours from now to get to the bottom of this. What we do know so far: 1. There was a failed zApproveLoanGrant originating from the 0xe6964ba0483b24ca142515345d2dc58820992d7c wallet, at around 2023-10-03 according to on-chain data and then a successful one, where they moved out all of the TVL from the contract to the said wallet. 2. Our dev / contract creator wallet, which is 0x71D9e22a39EC815da9b7819feD1434609f2fCd1C was also drained off its 5% dev fee funds which are collected there and usually left there, during this same time period. 3. As much of a shock and panic causing this is to every indiviudal investor here, as well as to us, we would like to make one thing clear: Not only are we going to use the fullest extent of the law to go after the person or persons behind this hack / attack, we will also use ALL OTHER MEANS NECESSARY - and we do have such resources at our disposal, to go after the ones who are behind this. (We work with assets within the Russian government directly, among other things, which at this point in time, we're OK to share with you all) 4. No matter what is the outcome of point no. 3 -- we will refund all investor funds down to the last cent, as more details of this attack emerge as we hold an emergency team meeting (a lot of our people work remotely in different time zones), we will move ahead in both directions - that is, the investigation, as well as the refunds that we now owe to all of our investors - that is you all. 5. Even as of now, we are offering a 20% bounty to whoever is behind this attack, to simply refund the funds, and it will end there. If not, not only are we going to use all of our legal resources at our disposal, but we will go above and BEYOND legal resources, and we will stop short at saying what the Russian government and its contacts are capable of - but we hope you get the message loud and clear: This is not just money involved, there are lives involved behind this, and we do not take kindly to that - so we offer you a 20% bounty, return it, no questions asked - if that does not happen, we will use our legal resources, but more importantly, we are not responsible for what actions the hacker or hackers may face from agents who may or may not be working directly with us - and we in no way are bluffing about this.

6 months of BigWhale.io + Minor v 2.3.18 App Update Hi there, we're rolling out a minor app update as of today, 14th Sep 2023 which also marks 6 super successful months since the day BigWhale.io launched on March 14 2023. As of today, we stand at payouts of over $4 million USD / nearly 19,000 BNB, which are over and above the current TVL of $1.8 million / 8,400+ BNB, with 1,612 total active users, a Certik score of 66 which puts us in top 25% of all Certik audited projects, and a Solidproof KYC audit for the team behind BigWhale.io The sky is the limit for all of us here at BigWhale, we're going to launch a stablecoin version by October or November which lets you stake not just BNB but also USDT, and we have some big plans besides that the next 6 months ahead. We also held an AMA on Solidproof.io's open mic, and are also in early-stages of an AMA / partnership talks with the popular off-ramp platform UltimoPay.io among other things. Changelog for v. 2.3.18 app update: - This is a minor update which allows you to enter specific values in the Profit Calculator, to a maximum of 1,000 BNB, and the staking period in the calculator has been extended from 100 days to 180 days. - Other minor UI improvements, such as the copy referral link window not closing on mobile / phone view etc. As always, remember to REFRESH both the home page BigWhale.io and the app page - app.bigwhale.io to make sure you're on v. 2.3.18 Thanks and have a nice day!

Recommended Telegram Settings (so that you won't be receiving any random DM's aside from your contacts) SETTINGS > PRIVACY AND SECURITY > UNDER PRIVACY SECTION, SET THE FOLLOWING TO “MY CONTACTS” ONLY - Phone number - Forwarded messages - Calls - Groups and channels SETTINGS > DATA AND STORAGE > UNDER AUTOMATIC MEDIA DOWNLOADS SECTION: USING CELLULAR > FILES > SET THE FOLLOWING TO “DISABLE” - other private chats - group chats - channels USING WIFI > FILES > SET THE FOLLOWING TO “DISABLE” - other private chats - group chats - channels

Just Published: BigWhale.io Roadmap We've published a Roadmap section in the BigWhale.io Documentation - as of now it is a work in progress and we'll post updates here as we add further unconfirmed or confirmed projects / milestones / ideas etc to it. As of right now, there is a pretty significant and hopefully exciting planned (but as of yet unconfirmed) upgrade / development described in detail: A mixed protocol which allows staking of not just BNB, but stablecoins such as USDT & USDC as well! For more info, check out our roadmap here: https://docs.bigwhale.io/bigwhale-roadmap

Version Update: v2.3.17 We've just deployed v2.3.17 with the following changelog: 1. This version fixes an error where certain users were stuck in "Transactioning..." while attempting a deposit, restake or a withdraw, on certain wallets, as well as certain connectivity issues with Trust Wallet etc. 2. There was a UI / display related bug in the way Referral Earnings / Values were shown specifically for Tier 2 and Tier 3 referrals which has now been fixed. As always, please remember to REFRESH both BigWhale.io (homepage) and app.bigwhale.io (Dapp page), and make sure you see v. 2.3.17 If you have any questions / face any issues be sure to ask on @BigWhaleChat — remember that @BigWhaleSupport (with a blue verified badge) or any moderator will NEVER DM you first and never ask you to click on any links to "fix your wallet" etc. Thanks and have a nice day! - BigWhale.io

BigWhale.io has been invited to join @Solidproof_community 's Open Mic session tomorrow - Friday 8:00 PM UTC. We're #4 on the slot so our open mic will likely be around 8:30 PM UTC. It will consist of a 10 minute presentation, followed by a 5 minute round of Q/A within Solidproof.io's telegram community channel. (@solidproof_community)

Minor version update: v 2.3.16 Hi there! We've just deployed v2.3.16 - a minor update with the following changelog: 1. The TVL / Total Payouts Made / Active Users values now have individual loaders, and load on-the-fly fetching accurate, current data from BSCScan every time visit the homepage BigWhale.io or the app page app.bigwhale.io 2. Rabby Wallet has been added to the list of wallets you can use with the dapp. 3. Updated "Exit Protocol" confirmation warning modal text so that it clearly states Exiting Protocol is a permanent action, instead of this only being in the Docs. 4. A more prominent and detailed Telegram security warning shows on the app page now, so that newer users are aware of our only official support account - @BigWhaleSupport and our only official community chat - @BigWhaleChat - and that @BigWhaleSupport will NEVER DM them first or ask them to click on any links to "fix their wallet" etc. Only after this warning notice, is a link to our Telegram channel displayed. As always, refresh your page - both app.bigwhale.io and BigWhale.io to make sure you're on v2.3.16 Thanks and have a nice day! BigWhale.io