BlockFi recordsdata for Chapter 11 chapter • TechCrunch

This previous yr has been hectic for the crypto lending platform BlockFi and at present isn’t any totally different as the corporate shared an announcement that it filed for voluntary Chapter 11 chapter within the U.S. Chapter Court docket for the District of New Jersey.

On November 10 the crypto platform shared in a tweet that it paused exercise, together with withdraws, and said on Monday that “exercise continues to be paused right now.”

The chapter was commenced to “stabilize its enterprise and supply the corporate with the chance to consummate a complete restructuring transaction” for all its purchasers and different stakeholders.

BlockFi says it has $256.9 million in money, which can be used to supply “enough liquidity to help sure operations throughout the restructuring course of.”

The corporate stated it should give attention to recovering all obligations owed to BlockFi and counterparties like FTX.

In July, FTX signed a take care of the choice to purchase BlockFi for as much as $240 million, the CEO of BlockFi Zac Prince tweeted. Since then, issues have tumbled as FTX collapsed and in addition filed for Chapter 11 chapter, weeks earlier than BlockFi. With that stated, “the corporate expects that recoveries from FTX can be delayed.”

The corporate said that it has a consolidated quantity of over 100,000 collectors throughout a large vary of $1 billion to $10 billion in liabilities and property, in keeping with a court docket submitting.

This information follows quite a lot of crypto-focused corporations, like Voyager and Celsius, that are additionally at the moment going via chapter proceedings.

Earlier this yr, the U.S. Securities and Change Fee (SEC) charged BlockFi for failing to register its retail crypto lending product and violating the registration provisions of the Funding Firm Act of 1940, in keeping with a press launch in February. To settle the fees, BlockFi agreed to pay a $50 million penalty to the SEC and a further $50 million in fines to 32 U.S. states to settle comparable fees.