Bittrex International has abruptly cancelled its first Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), mere hours before it was scheduled to begin. The exchange cited “significant, last minute changes” with the RAID (XRD) cryptocurrency project, saying they had no choice but to stop the IEO.

Bittrex broke the news on Twitter this afternoon.

Trust and integrity are the most valuable assets of Bittrex International. As a result of significant, last-minute changes with RAID, we have cancelled the IEO offering of the RAID token. We apologize for the inconvenience. We will provide a more complete statement shortly.

— Bittrex International (@BittrexIntl) March 14, 2019

RAID is a blockchain-based game data supplier, and its XRD offering was expected to be Bittrex’s first token sale. The sale was only announced on Tuesday, as Crypto Briefing reported. At the time, Bittrex’s CEO, Bill Shihara, said that the sale would provide the sector with a regulated token sale space; it was to be their contribution to help move “the blockchain contribution forward.”

Although Bittrex has yet to explain why the cancellation, it appears to be related to a breakup with one of RAID’s key business partners appears to be behind it. OP.GG, a game data analytics platform, OP.GG, had been a core partner to RAID, but the partnership appears to have gone sour.

There’s still no news on what caused the split. Both companies’ websites have announcements confirming that their partnership is now at an end.  On RAID’s website it says the relationship had now been “terminated” because of “circumstances” at the partner company.

OP.GG has also distanced itself from RAID. “OP.GG has stopped all potential business discussions related to RAID project and there will be no economic and technical cooperation with RAID coin,” it says on their website. “In addition, OP.GG has no intention of developing any blockchain related business utilizing RIOT GAMES data.”

“OP.GG will take all possible legal measures against individuals or organizations disseminating false facts related to this,” it adds.

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