Step App sets Aug. 21 shutdown deadline

Step App said on Aug. 5 that it will shut down after four years, setting Aug. 21 as the deadline for all services to wind down. Summary Step App will shut all services globally on August 21 after operating for four years. Users were told to unstake locked tokens and manage exchange positions before the shutdown deadline. The project reported more than one million downloads and billions of steps tracked during operations. Bithumb will officially halt FITFI trading on August 18, with withdrawals ending on September 18. FITFI peaked near $0.7319 in 2022, roughly 149 times its recorded $0.0049 public sale price. In its official statement, the move-to-earn project told users to unstake locked tokens and manage exchange positions before access ends. It did not give a financial, technical or regulatory reason for the closure. The team said the application recorded “1M+ downloads” and “billions of steps tracked.” Those figures are company-reported and were not independently audited. Step App framed the closure as a final operational wind-down rather than a migration to another product or token. It has not announced a buyer, restructuring process or continuation plan. Dear Steppers, There's...