They claimed this payment was mandatory to “protect users from liquidity risks.” Ironically, the only risk was trusting them in the first place. Their representatives used fancy financial jargon to sound credible, but when I requested proof of regulatory authority, they went silent. Moments later, they sent screenshots of fake licenses and urged me to “act fast.” The manipulation was textbook: technical confusion plus emotional pressure. By the time I refused, my account dashboard was frozen, and every chat channel blocked. It was a wake-up call—Bitexe’s business model isn’t trading; it’s extortion. They profit from fake fees, not financial markets.