Creditors for bankrupt Voyager Digital billed $5.1M in legal fees
Voyager is not the only crypto firm incurring hefty legal fees; FTX, for example, has been billed over $120 million in fees.
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Voyager is not the only crypto firm incurring hefty legal fees; FTX, for example, has been billed over $120 million in fees.
MAS is also working to restrict crypto service providers from facilitating lending or staking for retail customers, but not for institutional ones.
Investor protection regulations have been under discussion since September 2022 amid the crypto lending crisis that saw firms such as BlockFi and Celsius declare bankruptcy.
Bitcoin margin and futures markets display strength as institutional appetite surges after multiple spot ETF requests.
The U.S. SEC was at the top of BlockFi creditor’s list with a $30-million settlement balance from February 2022.
Nolus’ DeFi lending protocol aims to onboard more people by solving collateralization inefficiencies.
BlockFi said selling its cryptocurrency lending platform might not generate value for creditors.
Certain Celsius users, largely those who only ever held funds in custody accounts, had previously been limited to withdrawing up to 94% of their funds.
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky was charged with seven counts of fraud in connection with “false and misleading statements” about his company, among other things.
Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange ByBit rolls out cryptocurrency lending service, joining a handful of major exchanges that offer interest-bearing lending facilities.