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$19.9k withdrawal cost me $2.4k in BTC mining fees due to broker used 296 inputs to fund my withdrawal.
kylegibson
United States of America 2023-11-25
Related Broker:
OspreyFX
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Claims: Others
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Progress: Replied
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2023-11-27

Dear user


We appreciate your trust in BrokersView.


We have forwarded your complaint to the broker,OspreyFX.


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While we await their response, please feel free to add more details and information regarding your account and situation if it's needed.

kylegibson File a Complaint
2023-11-25

https://ospreyfx.com/

 

Bitcoin transaction: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/a4f6a5ce1a46894187f8c0b4c8d0ab99b07d22c931f0db53984075a839f4922c. My receiving wallet was 34Gxgf9tefdsEqqWjZJ8HSkf7DZCR4ge5j.

 

On 11/15/2023 I requested a BTC withdrawal of my $19,926 USD trading funds. To fund my withdrawal, OspreyFX sent 296 small inputs to the BTC blockchain.

 

The issue I have is the broker structured my withdrawal so that they sent 296 small inputs to the BTC blockchain to fund my request to withdraw $19,926 USD. This caused the blockchain to charge a mining fee of approximately $2,400. I expected to pay only $8 for the transfer (https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_transaction_fee).

 

Trading funds are USD. I selected a BTC withdrawal due to the receiving broker accepts only BTC. When requesting a withdrawal, OspreyFX asks for only the withdrawal type, USD amount, and the receiving wallet. OspreyFX does not provide an estimated blockchain fee. Since April 2023, I have requested 13 BTC withdrawals from OspreyFX. All the withdrawals were funded using only 1 input.

 

Trustpilot review and OspreyFX response: https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/655ab291e39118598a4752d3. They seem to understand what happened. I emailed support@ospreyfx.com on 11/19/2023. They replied 11/21/2023 that my email was forwarded to their relevant team for review.

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