Celsius

An independent examiner has revealed shocking details surrounding the inner workings of Celsius – a crypto lender that filed for bankruptcy in July 2022. The examiner claimed that Celsius did not operate by the business model that it presented to customers. He likened it to a Ponzi scheme, much like FTX – a company that happened to have used the same accounting software: QuickBooks.  The Truth About CEL Token Per a filing from examiner Shoba Pillay on Tuesday, Celsius had…

Alex Mashinsky, ex-CEO of failed crypto lender Celsius Network is facing a fresh lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James. The lawsuit also seeks to ban Mashinsky from making any business operations in New York. Lawsuit Calls Mashinky a Fraud The suit accuses Mashinsky of committing fraud by being untruthful about Celsius’ financial health between 2018 and June 2022. He allegedly defrauded hundreds of thousands of Celsius users, falsely assuring them of the platform’s stability. This was apparently a…

In a Friday announcement,  financial services and investment management company Galaxy Digital revealed plans to purchase asset custody solution GK8. The firm, led by Mike Novogratz, won a bid allowing it to acquire GK8 from Celsius network under the lender’s bankruptcy proceedings. Galaxy to Implement GK8’s Custody Technologies GK8 is a blockchain-focused cybersecurity provider for financial institutions to store their digital assets. The platform also allows users to perform transactions without an internet connection. In their release, Galaxy digital noted…

Alex Mashinsky – founder of Celsius Network – reportedly withdrew $10 million from the struggling lending platform weeks before its bankruptcy.  Under U.S law, he may be forced to return those funds for the benefit of his company’s creditors.  Mashinsky’s Last Minute Withdrawal Mashinsky's hefty withdrawal came in late May – at a time when Celsius users were already withdrawing their assets in droves. Fear overtook customers as crypto markets slid in Q2, and worries over Celsius’ financial health grew…

Celsius boss Alex Mashinsky may be largely responsible for many of the firm’s unprofitable trades leading up to its bankruptcy.  A new report from the Financial Times (FT) suggests that the CEO may have taken over trading operations back in January. He then took actions with company funds that overruled the decisions of other executives with multiple years of finance experience.  Mashinsky’s Massive Trades The latest info is according to multiple people familiar with the matter – though the information…

According to a coin report from Sunday, crypto lending platform Celsius is in debt to the tune of $2.85 billion, contrary to its previous reports. The recent reveal could spell greater trouble for the bankrupt firm seeing as their chapter 11 filing had claimed a different figure. Contrasting Deficit Balances Celsius was one of several platforms that crumbled in the wake of the Terra crash. The company also felt the pressure from the ongoing crypto slump and filed for bankruptcy…

Bankrupt crypto-lender Celsius sent an email to customers on Thursday revealing that their emails were leaked in a data breach. The company claimed this doesn’t present any high risk to their clients, but informed them as a matter of communication. In the email ZeroHedge shared, Celsius said that it was informed of the leak by Customer.io. The company serves as Celsius’ vendor and functions as an automated messaging platform for sending data-driven marketing emails.  The vendor said that one of…

Even after the Celsius Network’s chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, the debacle surrounding its collapse continues to deepen. Frances Coppola, a well-known economist has asserted that the platform’s users are unlikely to recover their missing funds. Celsius a Shadow Bank? Earlier this month, the crypto lender collapsed amidst fraud allegations and liquidity problems that caused it to halt withdrawals. Later on, the network announced that it had applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York. At the time, the claim was…

Zac Prince – CEO of crypto lending platform BlockFi – wants people to stop comparing his company to other embattled crypto firms. He claims there is a qualitative distinction between the magnitude of BlockFi’s troubles compared to Celsius or Voyager’s. In a tweet on Monday, Prince called on journalists and commentators to quit “putting BlockFi in the same bucket” as Celsius or Voyager. "Two months ago we looked the ‘same’,” he said. “They shut down and have impending losses for…