Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest casualty of a $2 trillion crash that has wiped out some of the industry’s biggest names and exposed hundreds of thousands of individual investors to steep losses.
We can again see the cross-leverage between large crypro-firms, how individuals are at the end of the unsecured creditor queue, and that many will lose their shirts in the largely unregulated and speculative market.
Celsius, which has more than 100,000 creditors, said it took the step to stabilize its business and work out a restructuring for all stakeholders. The filing was made in the Southern District of New York and listed Alameda Research, the trading firm co-founded by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, among major creditors.
The platform held about $4.3 billion of assets against $5.5 billion of liabilities as of Wednesday, according to court papers. The company has been trying to obtain new financing from third parties.
Celsius invested about $500 million in Celsius Mining and even prepared it for an initial public offering in May.
“The Mining Center is an essential driver of growth in the debtors’ business and will allow the debtors to expand and more profitably mine Bitcoin.” according to the filing.
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Buy XRP. Chris Brisbane
Well crypto is just like those Primary School Fad,s like marble's or swap card's etc and what about ooshies or taso's. Crypto not for Me.
RIP to all the money that went to money Heaven. Hopefully inflation will pay its respects
Crypto lenders and builders.
Two of the most wobbly areas in the world economy right now – but I only have sympathy for one of them.
Not your keys, not your crypto.
There is a $6 billion industry financed bail out waiting for Celsius Network. We just need Mashinsky and the board removed, and transparency with the financials.
The only thing Mashinsky is going to be working on going forward is trying to get his prison sentence reduced. This wasn't caused by the latest crypto crash. Mashinsky was trading insolvent since early 2021.
All that the latest crash did was revealed his fraudulent business dealings.
Digital tulips ended up being worthless….who could have known!
If you want to gamble just go to a casino. At least you know your gambling.
Not your KEYS NOT YOUR COINS as Richard Heart said. Take them off exchanges. YOU ARE THE BANK.
High yield returns of up to 19%, low risk and stable, quick turn around in returns… wow… and people believe that it’s true??? Nice…
Out of interest. Where does Simon Dixon fit in?
Martin, We are not going back in time. No matter how many crypto companies go bust, we will march on….
No sympathy at all zilch none nada..play stupid games win stupid prizes🤷♂️
Can we have every person in the comments bash Fiat every time a company declares bankruptcy please?
d'Artagnan – Confession
Cryptocurrency is a pyramid scheme
You talk allot about something you hate so much
It’s even hitting crypto market, collateral disappearing.
people invested in crypto through these platforms see the price of bitcoin go to zero.
If the stock market had a 96% drop what banks will be left ?
Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware)
This is all getting pretty exciting. I’m looking forward to seeing where the world is at by 2023!!
Wait for the Tether implosion, then we will see a real crypto liquidity crisis!